Psalms 141:8 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 141:8

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

BSB

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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.

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 7 (1885)

But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord. He looked upward and kept his eyes fixed there. He regarded duty more than circumstances; he considered the promise rather than the external providence; and he expected from God rather than from men. He did not shut his eyes in indifference or despair, neither did he turn them to the creature in vain confidence, but he gave his eyes to his God, and saw nothing to fear. Jehovah his Lord is also his hope. Thomas called Jesus Lord and God, and David here speaks of his God and Lord.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
אֵלֶ֨יךָ׀	'e.Lei.kha	[are] to you	H413 →
יְהֹוִ֣ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3069 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י	'a.do.Nai	O Lord	H136 →
עֵינָ֑י	'ei.Nai	eyes my	H5869 →
בְּכָ֥ה	be.Khah	in you
חָ֝סִ֗יתִי	cha.Si.ti	I take refuge	H2620 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תְּעַ֥ר	te.'Ar	you lay bare	H6168 →
נַפְשִֽׁי׃	naf.Shi	life my	H5315 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 20:12
Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
leads to
- Psalms 121:1–2
  I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
- Psalms 25:15
  My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
- Psalms 123:1–2
  I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
- Deuteronomy 32:36
  For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8–9
  We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired…
Through
Psalms 102:17
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
leads to
- Nehemiah 1:6
  let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that…
Through
Isaiah 41:17
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
leads to
- Isaiah 55:1
  “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Isaiah 30:19
  O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

06About Psalms

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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