141:3-4 David asked God to help him control his speech (v. 3). He also wanted the Lord to help him control his thoughts and actions (v. 4). Eating the delicacies of the wicked pictures enjoying the sensual pleasures of ungodly people.
"All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be."207
141:5-7 The psalmist expressed openness to the constructive criticisms of the righteous, but he prayed for God to judge the wicked. He believed their leaders would fail as when an attacking army throws the judges of their enemy from cliffs to destroy them. The wicked would learn that David's words had been true when God would destroy them. They would testify that God had overturned them into the grave, as one who plows a field turns the earth over.
