Psalms 141:7 meaning and explanation

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Psalms 141:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 141 is David's prayer for protection from the traps and influence of the wicked. In verse 7 the image shifts to plowing: just as a plow cuts and turns up the earth, so the bones of the community lie scattered at the mouth of Sheol, the grave or realm of the dead.

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