Apologetics Bible

Psalms 141:1

Hebrew

מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד יְהוָה קְרָאתִיךָ חוּשָׁה לִּי הַאֲזִינָה קוֹלִי בְּקָרְאִי־לָֽךְ׃

mizemvor-ledavid-yehvah-qera'tiykha-chvshah-liy-ha'aziynah-qvoliy-veqare'iy-lakhe

KJV: LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

AKJV: Lord, I cry to you: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to you.

ASV: Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me:

YLT: A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear to my voice when I call to Thee.

Exposition: Psalms 141:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 141:2

Hebrew

תִּכּוֹן תְּפִלָּתִי קְטֹרֶת לְפָנֶיךָ מַֽשְׂאַת כַּפַּי מִנְחַת־עָֽרֶב׃

tikhvon-tefilatiy-qetoret-lefaneykha-mashe'at-khafay-minechat-'arev

KJV: Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

AKJV: Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

ASV: Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee;

YLT: My prayer is prepared--incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands--the evening present.

Exposition: Psalms 141:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 141:3

Hebrew

שִׁיתָה יְהוָה שָׁמְרָה לְפִי נִצְּרָה עַל־דַּל שְׂפָתָֽי׃

shiytah-yehvah-shamerah-lefiy-nitzerah-'al-dal-shefatay

KJV: Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

AKJV: Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

ASV: Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth;

YLT: Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Exposition: Psalms 141:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 141:4

Hebrew

אַל־תַּט־לִבִּי לְדָבָר ׀ רָע לְהִתְעוֹלֵל עֲלִלוֹת ׀ בְּרֶשַׁע אֶת־אִישִׁים פֹּֽעֲלֵי־אָוֶן וּבַל־אֶלְחַם בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶֽם׃

'al-tat-liviy-ledavar- -ra'-lehite'volel-'alilvot- -veresha'-'et-'iyshiym-fo'aley-'aven-vval-'elecham-vemane'ameyhem

KJV: Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

AKJV: Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

ASV: Incline not my heart to any evil thing,

YLT: Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.

Exposition: Psalms 141:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 141:5

Hebrew

יֶֽהֶלְמֵֽנִי־צַדִּיק ׀ חֶסֶד וְֽיוֹכִיחֵנִי שֶׁמֶן רֹאשׁ אַל־יָנִי רֹאשִׁי כִּי־עוֹד וּתְפִלָּתִי בְּרָעוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

yehelemeniy-tzadiyq- -chesed-veyvokhiycheniy-shemen-ro'sh-'al-yaniy-ro'shiy-khiy-'vod-vtefilatiy-vera'voteyhem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: Let the righteous smite me, it shall bea kindness;

YLT: The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations.

Exposition: Psalms 141:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 141:6

Hebrew

נִשְׁמְטוּ בִֽידֵי־סֶלַע שֹׁפְטֵיהֶם וְשָׁמְעוּ אֲמָרַי כִּי נָעֵֽמוּ׃

nishemetv-viydey-sela'-shofeteyhem-veshame'v-'amaray-khiy-na'emv

KJV: When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

AKJV: When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

ASV: Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock;

YLT: Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

Exposition: Psalms 141:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 141:7

Hebrew

כְּמוֹ פֹלֵחַ וּבֹקֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ נִפְזְרוּ עֲצָמֵינוּ לְפִי שְׁאֽוֹל׃

khemvo-folecha-vvoqe'a-va'aretz-nifezerv-'atzameynv-lefiy-she'vol

KJV: Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

AKJV: Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood on the earth.

ASV: As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth,

YLT: As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.

Exposition: Psalms 141:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 141:8

Hebrew

כִּי אֵלֶיךָ ׀ יְהֹוִה אֲדֹנָי עֵינָי בְּכָה חָסִיתִי אַל־תְּעַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

khiy-'eleykha- -yehovih-'adonay-'eynay-vekhah-chasiytiy-'al-te'ar-nafeshiy

KJV: But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

AKJV: But my eyes are to you, O GOD the Lord: in you is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

ASV: For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord:

YLT: But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, are mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.

Exposition: Psalms 141:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 141:9

Hebrew

שָׁמְרֵנִי מִידֵי פַח יָקְשׁוּ לִי וּמֹקְשׁוֹת פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

shamereniy-miydey-fach-yaqeshv-liy-vmoqeshvot-fo'aley-'aven

KJV: Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

AKJV: Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

ASV: Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,

YLT: Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.

Exposition: Psalms 141:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 141:10

Hebrew

יִפְּלוּ בְמַכְמֹרָיו רְשָׁעִים יַחַד אָנֹכִי עַֽד־אֶעֱבֽוֹר׃

yifelv-vemakhemorayv-resha'iym-yachad-'anokhiy-'ad-'e'evvor

KJV: Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

AKJV: Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I with escape.

ASV: Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

YLT: The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!

Exposition: Psalms 141:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.