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Psalms 141:7

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.

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 not my soul destitute.

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

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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 were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

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  • Romans 8:36

    As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

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  • Psalms 44:22

    Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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  • Revelation 11:8–9

    And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:18–19

    And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

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  • Hebrews 11:37

    They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:9

    But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

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