When their rulers[a] will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people[b] will listen to my words,
for they are pleasing.(A)

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our[c] bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.(B)

But my eyes look to you, Lord, my Lord.
I seek refuge in you; do not let me die.[d](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 141:6 Or judges
  2. 141:6 Lit cliff, and they
  3. 141:7 DSS reads my; some LXX mss, Syr read their
  4. 141:8 Or not pour out my life

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