KJV King James Version
Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
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Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
WEB World English Bible
Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
ASV American Standard Version
Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations.
Surrounding context — Psalm 141
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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.
5 Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
8 But mine eyes [are] unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
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יֶֽהֶלְמֵֽנִי־H1986 · ha.lamto smiteצַדִּ֨יק׀H6662 · tsad.diqrighteousחֶ֡סֶדH2617 · che.sedkindnessוְֽיוֹכִיחֵ֗נִיH3198 · ya.khachto rebukeשֶׁ֣מֶןH8081 · she.menoilרֹ֭אשׁH7218 · roshheadאַל־H408 · alnotיָנִ֣יH5106 · nuto forbidרֹאשִׁ֑יH7218 · roshheadכִּי־H3588 · kiforע֥וֹדH5750 · odstillוּ֝תְפִלָּתִ֗יH8605 · te.phil.lahprayerבְּרָעוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃H7451 · rabad: harmful
Cross-references
Ecclesiastes 7:5[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.Proverbs 27:5-6Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.Proverbs 25:12[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.Proverbs 19:25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.Proverbs 9:8-9Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.Galatians 2:11-14But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.1 Samuel 25:31-34That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.Proverbs 6:23For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:Psalm 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.2 Samuel 12:7-13And Nathan said to David, Thou [art] the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;James 5:14-16Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:2 Chronicles 16:7-10And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.Psalm 125:4Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and to [them that are] upright in their hearts.Psalm 51:18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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