PSA 141:5 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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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.
(Katenooun eis ta dexia kai epeblepon, hoti ouk aʸn ho epiginōskōn me; apōleto fugaʸ apʼ emou, kai ouk estin ho ekzaʸtōn taʸn psuⱪaʸn mou. )

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.

ULT Let a righteous person hit me; it will be a kindness.
⇔ Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head.
⇔ May my head not refuse.
⇔ For my prayer is always against their wicked deeds.

UST It is all right if righteous people strike me or rebuke me
⇔ because they are trying to act kindly toward me to teach me to do what is right;
⇔ if they do that, it will be as if someone honored me by anointing my head with olive oil;
⇔ but I am always praying that you will punish the wicked because of the wicked deeds that they do.

BSB ⇔ 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 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

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]

141:5 The Hebrew in this verse and the next is not clear.

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 • 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.

141:? Or “It is choice oil”

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.

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]

141.5 me; it shall be a…: or, me kindly, and reprove me; let not their precious oil break, etc

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.
(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 shalbe in their calamities.)

141:5 Or, let the righteous smite mee kindly, and reproue me, let not their precious oile breake my head, &c.

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 wishe that the righteous would smite me and reprove me: for it is loving kyndnesse. But let not pretious baulmes 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 benefite: 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 rightuous (rather) smite me frendly, 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 bihelde to the right side, and I siy; and noon was that knew me. Fliyt 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 Gerechte hit/beat me freundlich and strafe mich; the becomes to_me so probably do/put als a Balsam on my head. Because I bete stets, that they/she/them to_me not Schaden tun.)

ClVg Considerabam ad dexteram, et videbam, et non erat qui cognosceret me: periit fuga a me, et non est qui requirat animam meam.[fn]
(Considerabam to dexteram, and videbam, and not/no was who cognosceret me: periit fuga from me, and not/no it_is who requirat animam meam. )

141.5 Considerabam ad dexteram. AUG. Quam mali non videbant; et hoc est, et non erat qui cognosceret. CASS. Cum enim pateris omnia, quis novit quid attendas? AUG. Qui in dexteram attendit, videt; qui in sinistram, excæcatur. Vel, apostoli non stabant ad dexteram, quia carnali timore dispersi sunt, sed ego perstiti. Periit fuga. Tam corporis quam mentis. Et non est qui requirat. CAS. Quia nulla est consolatio, sed solus ad passionem relictus est. Periit fuga. AUG. Circumclusum se dicit. Periit fuga, quia non fugit animo, corpore licet aliquando. Circumclusus non fugit corpore, quia non potest. Fortis non fugit mente, quia non vult. Periit fuga concluso vel forti; fuga quidem, unde dicitur in Evangelio: Videt lupum venientem et fugit Joan. 10.. Ubi Dominus mercenarium vituperat. Sed alia est fuga corporis, quam Dominus permittit dicens: Si vos persecuti fuerint in una civitate, fugite in aliam Matth. 10.. Et non est qui requirat animam. Quæritur anima aut a persecutoribus, aut a dilectoribus. Sic fuga perit duobus modis, et a capto et a forti.

141.5 Considerabam to dexteram. AUG. Quam mali not/no videbant; and this it_is, and not/no was who cognosceret. CASS. Since because pateris everything, who/any novit quid attendas? AUG. Who in dexteram attendit, videt; who in sinistram, excæcatur. Vel, apostoli not/no stabant to dexteram, because carnali timore dispersi are, but I perstiti. Periit fuga. Tam corporis how mentis. And not/no it_is who requirat. CAS. Because nulla it_is consolatio, but solus to passionem relictus it_is. Periit fuga. AUG. Circumclusum se dicit. Periit fuga, because not/no he_fled animo, corpore licet aliquando. Circumclusus not/no he_fled corpore, because not/no potest. Fortis not/no he_fled mente, because not/no vult. Periit fuga concluso or forti; fuga quidem, whence it_is_said in Evangelio: Videt lupum venientem and fugit Yoan. 10.. Where Master mercenarium vituperat. But other it_is fuga corporis, how Master permittit saying: When/But_if you persecuti fuerint in una civitate, fugite in aliam Matth. 10.. And not/no it_is who requirat animam. Quæritur anima aut from persecutoribus, aut from dilectoribus. So fuga perit duobus modis, and from capto and from forti.

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Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

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