King James Version
Psalms 141:8 in the King James Version says “But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. leave: Heb. make not my s...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 141 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. leave: Heb. make not my soul bare”
Psalms 141:8 · KJV
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. leave: Heb. make not my soul bare
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. escape: Heb. pass over
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“But mine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“not my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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