The Bible Commentaries and Others: Psalms 141 v 4

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Posted by Psalms on Saturday, 23 January 2016

Psalms 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 dainties.

141:4. Incline not my heart to any evil thing. This is equivalent to the petition, “Lead us not into temptation.” Oh that nothing may arise in providence which would excite our desires in a wrong direction.

To practise wicked works with men that work iniquity. The way the heart inclines, the life soon tends. Alas, there is great power in company; hence the fear that we may practice wicked works when we are with wicked workers. We must endeavor not to be with them lest we sin with them. It is apt to increase unto a high degree of ungodliness when the backslider runs the downward path with a whole horde of sinners around him. It is an aggravation of sin rather than an excuse for it to say that it is our custom and our habit. It is God’s practice to punish all who make a practise of iniquity. Good men are horrified at the thought of sinning as others do; the fear of it drives them to their knees.

And let me not eat of their dainties. If we work with them we shall soon eat with them. The trap is baited that we may be captured and become meat for their malice. If we would not sin with people we had better not sit with them.

Excerpt from:

The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)