Psalms 141 (DRB)

Chapter Text

141:1 Of understanding for David, A prayer when he was in the cave.

141:2 I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.

141:3 In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:

141:4 When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths. In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me.

141:5 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.

141:6 I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

141:7 Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

141:8 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "light", "understanding", "david", "prayer", "cave", "cried", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "light", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "Spirit" and "light" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "light" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.