Psalms 141:8
But to You, O YHWH, my Lord, [are] my eyes, || In You I have trusted, || Do not make my soul bare.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
In Context
7As one tilling and ripping up in the land, || Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
9Keep me from the trap they laid for me, || Even snares of workers of iniquity.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:12O our God, do You not execute judgment on them? For there is no power in us before this great multitude that has come against us, and we do not know what we do, but our eyes [are] on You.”
Psalms 11:1TO THE OVERSEER. BY DAVID. In YHWH I trusted, how do you say to my soul, “They moved to your mountain [as] the bird?”
Psalms 102:17He turned to the prayer of the destitute, || And He has not despised their prayer.
Psalms 143:3For an enemy has pursued my soul, || He has bruised my life to the earth, || He has caused me to dwell in dark places, || As the dead of old.
John 14:18I will not leave you bereaved, I come to you;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:6-10
Reproofs of the Righteous; Complaints and Petitions. 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave… Read the whole commentary →