Psalms 141:1-10

Lord, I cry unto Thee.

An invocation for the truly desirable in human life: -

I. Divine attention to human aspirations (verses 1, 2).

1. For immediate attention.

2. For favourable attention.

II. A complete guardianship from wrong in life (verses 3, 4).

1. He prays against Wrong in words. Who shall tell the evils that flow in the world every day from unguarded speech? “The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity.”

2. He prays against wrong in practice.

(1) Let my heart not be inclined to practise wicked works with wicked men.

(2) Let it not be inclined to participate in the pleasures of wicked men.

III. A readiness to receive righteous reproofs (verse 5). What greater necessity have all than the society of men who shall reprove, rebuke, exhort?

IV. The maintenance of a devout and believing soul in the midst of our enemies (verses 6, 7).

1. Devotion.

2. Confidences--

(1) In the success of his teaching.

(2) In the subjugation of his enemies.

V. Ultimate deliverance from all enemies (Psalms 141:8). (Homilist.)