Darby's translation notes (1890)
Psalms 141:5
141:5 kindness; (c-8) Or 'smite me in kindness.' refuse. (d-24) Or 'it is oil for the head; let not my head refuse it.' calamities. (e-35) Or 'is against their evil deeds.'
141:5 kindness; (c-8) Or 'smite me in kindness.' refuse. (d-24) Or 'it is oil for the head; let not my head refuse it.' calamities. (e-35) Or 'is against their evil deeds.'
Verse Psalms 141:5. _LET THE RIGHTEOUS SMITE ME_] This verse is extremely difficult in the original. The following translation, in which the _Syriac, Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic_, and _Arabic_ nea...
LET THE RIGHTEOUS SMITE ME - This verse is exceedingly difficult and obscure (compare the margin); and there have been almost as many different opinions in regard to its meaning as there have been com...
PSALM 140-142 These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series, 142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distr...
CXLI. FOR LOYALTY TO GOD AND HIS SAINTS. Psalms 141:1 f. The Psalmist begs Yahweh to hear his prayer. He utters this prayer in his house, and in true prophetic spirit hopes that it will be as acceptab...
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one. AN EXCELLENT OIL. oil for the head. This verse is said to be "extremely obscure" and "corrupt to. degree". The Figure of speech _Metalepsis_ (App-6) makes all clear; ...
Prayer for grace to resist the temptation to sin in word and thought and deed....
Let the righteous smite me, it shall be kindness: And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil for the head; Let not my head refuse it: But still let my prayer be against their evil doings. From the...
LET THE RIGHTEOUS, &C.— I. Mr. Peters is of opinion, that David in this verse manifestly alludes to his anointment and designation to the throne. He translates and explains it thus: _Let the just man...
PSALMS 141 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Temptation to Conspiracy Shunned. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 141:1-3, Prayer for Guarded Speech. Stanza II., Psalms 141:4-5, Danger from Proffered Hospitalities. St
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. LET THE...
An evening prayer in time of trouble. The Psalmist prays that he may be strengthened to resist temptation, and so escape the fate of evil men....
Correction from friends is desirable. AN EXCELLENT OIL, _which_ SHALL NOT BREAK MY HEAD] RV '_as_ oil upon the head; let not my head refuse it.' FOR YET, etc.] 'for still my prayer is against their wr...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ AN EVENING *PRAYER PSALMS 141 Jesus said, "What will a man have if he buys the whole world but loses his own soul?" ...
The difficulties of the psalm thicken here. Render, _Let a righteous man smite me, it is a kindness; and let him reprove me, it is oil for the head: my head shall not refuse it though it continue; yet...
יֶֽהֶלְמֵֽנִי ־צַדִּ֨יק ׀ חֶ֡סֶד וְֽ יֹוכִיחֵ֗נִי שֶׁ֣מֶן...
Psalms 141:1 PART of this psalm is hopelessly obscure, and the connection is difficult throughout. It is a prayer of a harassed soul, tempted to slacken its hold on God, and therefore betaking itself...
HUMILITY Psalms 141:1-10 This is an evening psalm. Acceptable prayer is as the smoke of incense rising in the still air, Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3-4. Each day we should ask to be delivered f...
In this song the influence of the external troubles upon the inner life of the singer is revealed. Throughout it breathes the spirit of fear lest the soul should be seduced from the attitude of whole-...
Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let (e) 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...
_Hand. For succour, Psalm xv. 8. So was David situated at Engaddi, as our Saviour was, when he was abandoned by his disciples. (Calmet) --- None would appear to be acquainted with those in distress. ...
Some read this verse very differently froth our present translation. They render it thus: Reproach will bruise me that am righteous, and rebuke but that poisonous oil shall not break my head, that is,...
5._Let the righteous smite me_, _etc_. While Satan tempts the wicked by his allurements, they, at the same time, deceive one another by flattery, which leads David to declare, that he would much rathe...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144. The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and not...
LET THE RIGHTEOUS SMITE ME, [IT SHALL BE] A KINDNESS,.... Or, "smite me in kindness" a. In love; in a loving and friendly manner, which makes reproofs the more agreeable and effectual. Not the righteo...
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. V...
_Let the righteous smite me_ Namely, by reproofs. If at any time, through the frailty of nature, I should be inclined to yield to temptation, let me find, among my attendants or friends, some righteou...
EVENING PSALM IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS. A psalm of David, a prayer for deliverance from afflictions and from the enemies who cause them....
Let the righteous smite me, even with severe rebukes, IT SHALL BE A KINDNESS, that is, the correcting should be done with the proper degree of gentleness; AND LET HIM REPROVE ME, IT SHALL BE AN EXCELL...
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: Or, let the righteous smite me kindly, and reprove me, let not...
5-10 We should be ready to welcome the rebuke of our heavenly Father, and also the reproof of our brethren. It shall not break my head, if it may but help to break my heart: we must show that we take...
SMITE ME, to wit, with his tongue by reproofs, as the next clause explains it, which are called _wounds_, PROVERBS 27:6. As I pray unto thee that thou wouldst keep me from sinful practices, so I beg i...
Psalms 141:5 righteous H6662 strike H1986 (H8799) kindness H2617 rebuke H3198 (H8686) excellent H7218 oil H8081 hea
Psalms 141:1. _LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee._ You see how a child of God prays when he is in trouble. David says, «I cry unto thee,» and the...
CONTENTS: Prayer for God's favorable acceptance and powerful assistance. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Though the snares be placed by the enemy with ever so much subtlety, God can, and will, s...
This psalm, like the last, is generally supposed to have been composed by David during his persecution by Saul, probably when he fled to Achish. The late Rev. Mr. Peters, a Cornish clergyman, has favo...
_Let the righteous. .. reprove me._ THE REPROOF OF THE RIGHTEOUS I. The character of one who is qualified to give reproof. 1. One whose life is habitually consistent with his profession. 2. One wh...
_Lord, I cry unto Thee._ AN INVOCATION FOR THE TRULY DESIRABLE IN HUMAN LIFE: - I. Divine attention to human aspirations (verses 1, 2). 1. For immediate attention. 2. For favourable attention. II...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 141:1. This is an individual lament, a prayer that God will protect the faithful person against all insincerity and compromise....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 141:3 The singer may be tempted to avoid danger by joining the MEN WHO WORK INIQUITY; he asks God to help him avoid all such temptation. This prayer reveals great insight into how...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm presents,” says Perowne, “some peculiar difficulties of Interpretation, which, however, are due neither to the words employed nor to the grammatical construction, but to the e...
EXPOSITION ALMOST wholly a psalm of supplication. David is again in danger, and needs a prompt deliverance (Psalms 141:1). This time the danger seems to be that he may fall away, and be absorbed into...
Psa 140:1-13, another psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. T...
1 Samuel 25:31; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 25:16; 2 Samuel 12:7;...
Smite — By reproofs. Break — Not hurt, but heal and greatly refresh me. Calamities — In the calamities of those righteous persons who reproved him. When they came into such calamities as those wherein...