Psalms 141:4
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
נָטָה
To incline, to stretch out, to bend. Natah. He inclined His ear to me. God bends down to listen. He positions Himself to hear the faintest cry of His people.
רַע
evil
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רַע
Evil, wicked, bad. Ra. The LORD will keep you from all evil. Not just some evil or most evil. All evil. His protection matches His power.
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לֵב
heart/ my
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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עֲלִילָה
practices
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עֲלִילָה
an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
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לָחַם
I will eat
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לָחַם
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
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פָּעַל
who do
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פָּעַל
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
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