Psalm 141:4 Parallel Translations

Do not let me be persuaded to do anything evil or to become involved with wickedness, with people who are troublemakers. Do not let me taste their delicacies.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

ASV:

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.

BBE:

Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

DBY:

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

ERV:

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

JPS:

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

WBS:

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

WEB:

Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.

YLT:

Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.

Psalm 141:4 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 119:36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain.

Proverbs 23:6 Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies;

Isaiah 32:6 For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty.

Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints.

Malachi 3:15 'So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape.'" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

141:4 Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their {d} dainties.
(d) Let not their prosperity lure me to be wicked as they are.

WES:

141:4 Incline not - Suffer it not to be inclined. Heart - Keep me not only from wicked speeches, but from all evil motions of my heart. Dainties - The pleasures or advantages which they gain by their wickedness.

MHC:

141:1-4 Make haste unto me. Those that know how to value God's gracious presence, will be the more fervent in their prayers. When presented through the sacrifice and intercession of the Saviour, they will be as acceptable to God as the daily sacrifices and burnings of incense were of old. Prayer is a spiritual sacrifice, it is the offering up the soul and its best affections. Good men know the evil of tongue sins. When enemies are provoking, we are in danger of speaking unadvisedly. While we live in an evil world, and have such evil hearts, we have need to pray that we may neither be drawn nor driven to do any thing sinful. Sinners pretend to find dainties in sin; but those that consider how soon sin will turn into bitterness, will dread such dainties, and pray to God to take them out of their sight, and by his grace to turn their hearts against them. Good men pray against the sweets of sin.

CONC:

Actions Busy Company Dainties Deeds Delicacies Desiring Drawn Eat Evil Evildoers Evil-doers Habitually Heart Incline Iniquity Myself Occupied Pleasant Practice Practise Sins Taking Wicked Wickedness Workers Working Works Wrong Yea

Busy Company Dainties Deeds Delicacies Desiring Drawn Eat Evil Evildoers Evil-Doers Good Heart Incline Iniquity Occupied Part Practice Practise Sins Wicked Wickedness Work Works Wrong

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