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Psalm 141

Psa. 141:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But mine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
are unto thee, O God
Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
: in thee is my trust
chacah (Hebrew #2620)
to flee for protection (compare 982); figuratively, to confide in
KJV usage: have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.
Pronounce: khaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
; σleave
`arah (Hebrew #6168)
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
KJV usage: leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
Pronounce: aw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
not my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
τdestitute
`arah (Hebrew #6168)
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
KJV usage: leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
Pronounce: aw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
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σ
make.
τ
bare.

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Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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mine eyes.
Psa. 25:15• 15Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. (Psa. 25:15)
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Psa. 123:1‑2• 1<<A Song of degrees.>> Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
 2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us. (Psa. 123:1‑2)
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2 Chron. 20:12• 12O 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. (2 Chron. 20:12)
leave not my soul destitute.
Heb. make not my soul bare.
Psa. 25:16‑17• 16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
 17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. (Psa. 25:16‑17)
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Psa. 102:17• 17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. (Psa. 102:17)
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Psa. 143:3‑4• 3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
 4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. (Psa. 143:3‑4)
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Isa. 41:17• 17When 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. (Isa. 41:17)
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John 14:18• 18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (John 14:18)
• In this extremity the psalmist finds his resource in God. (“Psalms 141” by H. Smith)
• But again we find here that what his heart is on is the nearness of his soul with God; “leave not my soul destitute.” This is a sure mark of the renewal of heart. So the thief on the cross does not even think of his sufferings, but asks Christ to remember him in His kingdom. It is a full picture of uprightness of heart, in a soul which, having been away from God, is morally restored but still under trial. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 139-143” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Let not my soul be laid bare" or "poured out."