Psalm 141 He shall hear my voice.
1. David's Cry
Devout - 1 Lord - A Recognition of His Person, His Power, His Place.
Direct - I cry unto thee:
Determined - make haste unto me;
Demanding - give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
Discerning - 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense;
His Words - Let my prayer,
His Works - be set forth before thee
His Worship - as incense;
Disciplined - and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Psalm 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray,
and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
2. David's Caution
Of His Words - 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Of His Ways - 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing,
Of His Works - to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity:
Of His Wants - and let me not eat of their dainties. AMP - (be tempted by their gain).
3. David's Call -
For Discipline -
The Source - 5 Let the righteous smite me;
The Service - it shall be a kindness:
The Seal - and let him reprove me;
The Salve - it shall be an excellent oil which shall not break my head
For Discernment - for yet my prayer also
For Disclosure - shall be in their calamities. (of the Wicked)
4. David's Conviction Of -
God's Judgment - 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places
God's Justification - they shall hear my words for they are sweet (just)
God's Justice -
Their Plea - They will say, (The wicked) NIV.
Their Plight - 7 Our bones are scattered
Their Place - at the grave’s mouth,
Their Purge - as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him]
5. David's Confession
The Difference - 8 But mine eyes are unto thee,
The Deliverer - O God the Lord:
The Defence - in thee is my trust;
The Deliverance - leave not my soul destitute.
6. David's Control -
The Diligence 9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me
The Deviousness - and the gins (snares) of the workers of iniquity.
The Desire - 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
The Design - whilst that I withal escape.
