Psalms 141:7
As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
In Context
8For mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee do I put my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Cross References
Psalms 44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans 8:36Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Hebrews 11:37they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, evil entreated
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 →