Verse List for PSA 141:5

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔  Let a righteous person hit me—it would be a kindness. ⇔ ≈ Let them correct me—it will be soothing like lotion on my head. ⇔ Help me not to be defiant, ⇔ because my prayer is always against those who do wicked things.

OET-LV They _have _been _thrown _down at_the _hands _of a _rock judges _of_their and_they _will _hear words/messages _of_my if/because _that they _are _pleasant.

ULT Let the righteous hit me—covenant faithfulness, and he is correcting me! ⇔ Oil for the head may my head not refuse. ⇔ For my prayer, is continually against their wickedness.

UST It is all right if righteous people strike me ⇔  because they are acting faithfully and kindly toward me to correct me. ⇔ If they do that, it will be as if they have honored me by anointing my head with olive oil, and may I never refuse to accept it. ⇔  but I am always praying that you will punish the wicked because of the wicked deeds that they do.

BSB & MSB 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.

OEB ⇔  A wound or reproof from a good person in kindness ⇔  is oil which my head shall never refuse. ⇔  In their misfortune my prayer is still with them.

WEBBE & WMBB 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.

NET May the godly strike me in love and correct me! ⇔ May my head not refuse choice oil! ⇔ Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.

LSV The righteous beat me [in] kindness. And reprove me,
My head does not disallow oil of the head,
For my prayer [is] still about their distress.

FBV Let a good person punish me in love—let them correct me. It will be like an anointing—I won't refuse it. But I still pray against those who do evil.[fn]

T4T ⇔  It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke me ⇔  because they are trying to act kindly toward me to teach me to do what is right, ⇔ but I do not want wicked people to honor me by anointing my head with olive oil; ⇔  I am always praying that you will punish them because of the wicked deeds that they do.

LEB • Let a righteous one strike me in kindness,
• and let him chasten me.
• It is oil for my head;[fn] let not my head refuse.
• For still my prayer is against their evil deeds.

BBE Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.

Moff ⇔  When good men wound us and reprove us, ’tis a kindness; ⇔  I would pray ever to have their goodwill.

JPS Let the righteous smite me in kindness, and correct me; oil so choice let not my head refuse; for still is my prayer because of their wickedness.

ASV 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.

DRA I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul.

YLT 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.

Drby Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is [for them] in their calamities.

RV 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.

SLT The just one shall smite me; a mercy: and he shall admonish me, an oil of the head it shall not decorate my head: for yet my prayer in their evils.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 ⇔  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.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]Let the righteous smite mee, it shalbe a kindnesse: and let him reprooue me, it shalbe an excellent oile, which shall not breake my head: for yet my prayer also shalbe in their calamities.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

Bshps I wishe that the ryghteous woulde smite me and reproue me: for it is louing kyndnesse. But let not pretious baulmes breake mine head: for as yet euen my prayer is agaynst their wickednesse.
(I wish that the righteous would smite me and reprove me: for it is loving kindness. But let not precious balms/ointments break mine head: for as yet even my prayer is against their wickedness.)

Gnva Let the righteous smite me: for that is a benefite: and let him reprooue me, and it shalbe a precious oyle, that shall not breake mine head: for within a while I shall euen pray in their miseries.
(Let the righteous smite me: for that is a benefit: and let him reprove me, and it shall be a precious oil, that shall not break mine head: for within a while I shall even pray in their miseries.)

Cvdl Let the rightuous (rather) smyte me frendly, and reproue me:
(Let the righteous (rather) smite/strike me friendly, and reprove me:)

Wycl I bihelde to the riyt side, and Y siy; and noon was that knew me. Fliyt perischide fro me; and noon is that sekith my soule.
(I beheld to the right side, and I siy; and noon was that knew me. Flight perished from me; and noon is that seeketh/seeks my soul.)

Luth Der Gerechte schlage mich freundlich und strafe mich; das wird mir so wohl tun als ein Balsam auf meinem Haupt. Denn ich bete stets, daß sie mir nicht Schaden tun.
(The righteous_(one) hit/beat me friendly and punish me; the becomes to_me so probably/well do/put as a balsam/balm/lotion on/in/to my head. Because I pray stets, that they/she/them to_me not damage/harm(n) do/put.)

ClVg Considerabam ad dexteram, et videbam, et non erat qui cognosceret me: periit fuga a me, et non est qui requirat animam meam.[fn]
(I_was_considering to right_hand, and I_saw, and not/no was who/which to_know me: perished flight from me, and not/no it_is who/which requires the_soul of_mine.)

UHB יֶֽהֶלְמֵֽ⁠נִי־צַדִּ֨יק ׀ חֶ֡סֶד וְֽ⁠יוֹכִיחֵ֗⁠נִי שֶׁ֣מֶן רֹ֭אשׁ אַל־יָנִ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑⁠י כִּי־ע֥וֹד וּ֝⁠תְפִלָּתִ֗⁠י בְּ⁠רָעוֹתֵי⁠הֶֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX Κατενόουν εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ καὶ ἐπέβλεπον, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἐπιγινώσκων με· ἀπώλετο φυγὴ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὴν ψυχήν μου.

BrTr I looked on my right hand, and behold, for there was none that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul.