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Psalms 141:7

5 Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

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

9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
KJV
Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
WEB
“As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”
ASV
As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
DARBY
Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
BLB
Like the tilling and ripping up of the land, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
ÅB
Som når en pløyer og kløver jorden, slik ligger våre ben spredt ved dødsrikets port.
OTB
Som når en pløyer og bryter opp jorden,
Er våre ben blitt spredt ved inngangen til Sheol.
B1930
Som når en pløier og kløver jorden, således ligger våre ben spredt ved dødsrikets port.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 53:5

    There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

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  • Romans 8:36

    As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

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  • Psalms 44:22

    Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

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  • Revelation 11:8–9

    Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:18–19

    So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

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  • Hebrews 11:37

    They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:9

    Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

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