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.Psalm 141:5 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleLet the righteous smite me - This verse is extremely difficult in the original. The following translation, in which the Syriac, Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic nearly agree, appears to me to be the best: "Let the righteous chastise me in mercy, and instruct me: but let not the oil of the wicked anoint my head. It shall not adorn (יני yani, from נוה navah) my head; for still my prayer shall be against their wicked works."
The oil of the wicked may here mean his smooth flattering speeches; and the psalmist intimates that he would rather suffer the cutting reproof of the righteous than the oily talk of the flatterer. If this were the case, how few are there now-a-days of his mind! On referring to Bishop Horsley, I find his translation is something similar to my own: -
Let the just one smite me, let the pious remove me.
Let not the ointment of the impious anoint my head.
But still I will intrude in their calamities.
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1 Samuel 25:31-34 That this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood causeless...
2 Samuel 12:7-13 And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel...
2 Chronicles 16:7-10 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria...
2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Are you made of the king's counsel? forbear...
Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 9:8,9 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you...
Proverbs 15:5,22 A fool despises his father's instruction: but he that regards reproof is prudent...
Proverbs 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover on an obedient ear.
Proverbs 27:5,6 Open rebuke is better than secret love...
Galatians 2:11-14 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed...
Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if a man be overtaken in a fault, you which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness...
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
smite, etc. or, smite me kindly and reprove me; let not their precious oil break my head, etc.
for yet my
Psalm 51:18 Do good in your good pleasure to Zion: build you the walls of Jerusalem.
Psalm 125:4 Do good, O LORD, to those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you...
2 Timothy 1:16-18 The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain...
James 5:14-16 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him...
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