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Psalm 141

Psa. 141:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Our bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
are scattered
pazar (Hebrew #6340)
to scatter, whether in enmity or bounty
KJV usage: disperse, scatter (abroad).
Pronounce: paw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
at the grave’s
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
, as when one cutteth
palach (Hebrew #6398)
to slice, i.e. break open or pierce
KJV usage: bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.
Pronounce: paw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
and cleaveth
baqa` (Hebrew #1234)
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
KJV usage: make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
Pronounce: baw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
wood upon the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Earth,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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bones.
Psa. 44:22• 22But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter. (Psa. 44:22)
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1 Sam. 22:18‑19• 18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
 19And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. (1 Sam. 22:18‑19)
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Rom. 8:36• 36According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter. (Rom. 8:36)
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2 Cor. 1:9• 9But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; (2 Cor. 1:9)
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Heb. 11:37• 37They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated, (Heb. 11:37)
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Rev. 11:8‑9• 8and their body shall be on the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
 9And men of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations see their body three days and a half, and they do not suffer their bodies to be put into a sepulchre. (Rev. 11:8‑9)
• Outwardly it would appear as if the circumstances of the godly are such that all hope is gone. The godly would appear to be as lifeless as bones scattered at the mouth of the grave. (“Psalms 141” by H. Smith)
• They remember the awful carnage in the first attack (Ps. 79:1-3, etc.) and pray it might not be so again (vs. 7-10). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earthf.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "cleaveth the earth."