Psalms 141:8 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 141:8

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

KJV

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ASV

For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.

WEB

But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

YLT

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

DBT

For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

9 verses on the floor

2 Chronicles 20:12
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Psalms 123:1
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Psalms 25:15
Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Isaiah 41:17
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Psalms 102:17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

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Voices2

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4 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. Mercy to accept what we do well, and grace to keep us from doing ill, are the two things which we are here taught by David's example to pray to God for. David loved prayer, and he begs of God that his prayers might be heard and answered,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

); for, when the case is ever so deplorable, thou canst redress all the grievances. From thee I expect relief, bad as things are, and in thee is my trust. " Those that have their eye towards God may have their hopes in him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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