Verse 5
Psalms 141:5
Bible in Basic English
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יֶֽהֶלְמֵֽ/נִי צַדִּ֨יק חֶ֡סֶד וְֽ/יוֹכִיחֵ֗/נִי שֶׁ֣מֶן רֹ֭אשׁ אַל יָנִ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑/י כִּי ע֥וֹד וּ֝/תְפִלָּתִ֗/י בְּ/רָעוֹתֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
You will bring me a righteous kindness, and you will prove me with oil; my head will not refuse, for still my prayer is in their evils.
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Chapter 141 Context
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<A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when...
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Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like t...
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3
O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
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4
Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with m...
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5
Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will...
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When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for...
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7
Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough.
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8
But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God (Elohim): my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up t...
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9
Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.
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10
Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.
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