--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Title. A Psalm of David. See Title of 140. LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . incense. Compare Exodus 30:7 . Revelation 8:3 , Revelation 8:4 . sacrifice" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/141" --- **Title. A Psalm of David.** See Title of 140. **LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **incense.** Compare [Exodus 30:7](../../../kjv/exodus/30/7) . [Revelation 8:3](../../../kjv/revelation/8/3) , [Revelation 8:4](../../../kjv/revelation/8/4) . **sacrifice** = gift offering. App-43 . **Set a watch** = Set a guard. Hebrew. *shamrah.* Same word as "keep", [Psalms 141:9](../../../kjv/psalms/141/9) Occurs only here. **Keep** = keep in safety. Not the same word as in [Psalms 141:9](../../../kjv/psalms/141/9) . **evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 . **wicked.** Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 . **men.** Hebrew. *'ish* . App-14 . **iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avert.* App-44 . **eat:** i.e. partake of, or have fellowship with. **dainties** = pleasant things. Compare [Psalms 141:6](../../../kjv/psalms/141/6) . **the righteous** = a righteous one. **an excellent oil** = oil for the head. This verse is said to be "extremely obscure" and "corrupt to a degree". The Figure of speech *Metalepsis* ( App-6 ) makes all clear; "head", being first used for *hair* , and then for the *whole person* by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part). Hebrew = "as oil on the hair, I will not refuse it". Note the alternation of lines in this verse. **yet.** Same root as "withal" in [Psalms 141:10](../../../kjv/psalms/141/10) . **When.** Not in Hebrew text. **judges** = rulers. Compare [2 Kings 9:33](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/33) . **in stony places** = as by a rock; or, over a rock. Hebrew by the hands of a rock. **They:** i.e. the people. **words** = sayings. Hebrew. *'imrah.* App-73 . **sweet.** Cognate with "dainties", [Psalms 141:4](../../../kjv/psalms/141/4) . **Our bones.** Septuagint (Vatican B, and Alex. A by second hand), Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiop. read "their bones" **the grave's.** Hebrew Sheol's. App-35 . Note the word "bones" in this connection. **cutteth** = sliceth, as in [1 Samuel 30:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/12) .[Song of Solomon 4:3](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/4/3) ; [Song of Solomon 6:7](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/6/7) (elsewhere rendered "piece" or "pieces"). Never means "ploweth", as in Revised Version. **cleaveth.** As in [Ecclesiastes 10:9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/10/9) . [Zechariah 14:4](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/4) (compare [Genesis 22:3](../../../kjv/genesis/22/3) . [1 Samuel 6:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/14) ). **GOD the Lord.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* Adonai. App-4 . **is my trust** = have I sought refuge. Hebrew. *hasah.* App-69 . **my soul** = me (emphatic). Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **Keep.** Same root as "watch"in [Psalms 141:3](../../../kjv/psalms/141/3) . (Hebrew. *shamreni.)* **snares.** Authorized Version, 1611, read "snares" (singular) Since 1769, "snares" (plural) Hebrew text is singular. **gins** = traps. Short for "engine" = an ingenious contrivance. " **the wicked** = lawless ones. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 . **withal** = Same as "yet", [Psalms 141:5](../../../kjv/psalms/141/5) . **escape** = pass on [in safety]. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/141#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 141"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/141#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/141","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 141","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/141#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Title. 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