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Psalm 141

Psa. 141:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
smite
halam (Hebrew #1986)
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
KJV usage: beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).
Pronounce: haw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
me; ρit shall be a kindness
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
: and let him reprove
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
me; it shall be an excellent
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
, which shall not break
nuw' (Hebrew #5106)
to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
KJV usage: break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect.
Pronounce: noo
Origin: a primitive root
my head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
: for yet my prayer
tphillah (Hebrew #8605)
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
KJV usage: prayer.
Pronounce: tef-il-law'
Origin: from 6419
also shall be in their calamities
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
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or, kindly, and reprove me; let not their precious oil break my head.

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Ministry on This Verse

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the righteous.
1 Sam. 25:31‑34• 31That 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.
 32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
 33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
 34For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. (1 Sam. 25:31‑34)
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2 Sam. 12:7‑13• 7And 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;
 8And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
 9Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
 10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
 11Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
 12For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
 13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. (2 Sam. 12:7‑13)
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2 Chron. 16:7‑10• 7And 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.
 8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand.
 9For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
 10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. (2 Chron. 16:7‑10)
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2 Chron. 25:16• 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. (2 Chron. 25:16)
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Prov. 6:23• 23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: (Prov. 6:23)
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Prov. 9:8‑9• 8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. (Prov. 9:8‑9)
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Prov. 15:5,22• 5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
 22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. (Prov. 15:5,22)
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Prov. 19:25• 25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. (Prov. 19:25)
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Prov. 25:12• 12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. (Prov. 25:12)
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Prov. 27:5‑6• 5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. (Prov. 27:5‑6)
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Gal. 2:11‑14• 11But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
 12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
 13And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
 14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? (Gal. 2:11‑14)
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Gal. 6:1• 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. (Gal. 6:1)
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Rev. 3:19• 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
smite, etc.
or, smite me kindly and reprove me; let nottheir precious oil break my head, etc.
for yet my.
Psa. 51:18• 18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. (Psa. 51:18)
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Psa. 125:4• 4Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. (Psa. 125:4)
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Matt. 5:44• 44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; (Matt. 5:44)
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2 Tim. 1:16‑18• 16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
 17But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
 18The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. (2 Tim. 1:16‑18)
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James 5:14‑16• 14Is 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:
 15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
 16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:14‑16)
• To be ever characterized by these moral conditions may necessitate the discipline of God. Thus, while the godly man deprecates the pleasant things of the wicked, he accepts the smiting and reproofs of the righteous. (“Psalms 141” by H. Smith)
• If the smiting of the righteous be needed, he will rejoice in it, as an excellent oil to anoint him, and honor him as a friend. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 139-143” by J.N. Darby)
• When calamities come upon God's outward people, for of such it speaks here, who have been the enemies of him who has sought to walk godly and keep himself from evil, his heart yearns over them; there is no rejoicing or triumphing over them; his prayer ascends to God for them. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 139-143” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let the righteous smite me, it is kindnessc; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refused: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamitiese.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "smite me in kindness."
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Or "it is oil for the head; let not my head refuse it."
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Or "is against their evil deeds."