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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 Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
 32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 a single soul. (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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, 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 neighbour, {i}and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.{/i}
 12Thou 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 Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah 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 Jehovah thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.
 8{i}Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? but when thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.{/i}
 9{i}For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.{/i}
 10{i}And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.{/i} (2 Chron. 16:7‑10)
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2 Chron. 25:16• 16{i}And it came to pass as he talked with him, that Amaziah said to him, Hast thou been made the king's counsellor? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.{/i} (2 Chron. 25:16)
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Prov. 6:23• 23For the commandment [is] a lamp,{HR}And the law a light,{HR}And reproofs of instruction the way of life: (Prov. 6:23)
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Prov. 9:8‑9• 8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee;{HR}Reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
 9Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser;{HR}Teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning. (Prov. 9:8‑9)
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Prov. 15:5,22• 5A fool despiseth his father's correction;{HR}But he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
 22Without counsel purposes are disappointed;{HR}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 become prudent;{HR}And reprove the intelligent, he will understand knowledge. (Prov. 19:25)
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Prov. 25:12• 12An ear-ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold{HR}[Is] a wise reprover on an attentive ear. (Prov. 25:12)
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Prov. 27:5‑6• 5Open rebuke [is] better than hidden love.
 6Faithful [are] a friend's wounds;{HR}But an enemy's kisses are profuse. (Prov. 27:5‑6)
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Gal. 2:11‑14• 11But when Cephas came unto Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was self-condemned;
 12for before that certain came from James, he ate with the nations; but when they came, he was withdrawing and separating himself, being afraid of those of the circumcision;
 13and the rest of the Jews also dissembled with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their dissimulation.
 14But when I saw that they walk not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before all, If thou, being a Jew, livest nationally and not Jewishly, how forcest thou the nations to judaize? (Gal. 2:11‑14)
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Gal. 6:1• 1Brethren, if a man be even taken in some offence, do ye, the spiritual ones, restore such an one in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted. (Gal. 6:1)
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Rev. 3:19• 19I, as many as I love, 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 to Zion;{HR}Build the walls of Jerusalem. (Psa. 51:18)
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Psa. 125:4• 4Do good, Jehovah, to the good{HR}And to those upright in their hearts. (Psa. 125:4)
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Matt. 5:44• 44But I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that persecute you, (Matt. 5:44)
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2 Tim. 1:16‑18• 16The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;
 17but being in Rome he sought me out diligently and found [me];
 18(the Lord grant him to find mercy from [the] Lord in that day.) And in how many things he ministered 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 to [him] the elders of the assembly, 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 will raise him up, and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.
 16Confess therefore your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. A righteous [one's] supplication hath much power if it work. (James 5:14‑16)
• 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)
• 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. (“Psalm 141” by H. Smith)

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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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."

W. Kelly Translation

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aLet a righteous one smite me, [it is] a kindness;{HR}And rebuke me, a chief oil: let not my head refuse [it];{HR}For even yet my prayer [is] in their calamities .

WK Translation Notes

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Or, injuries.