NET Bible
"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."
— Psalms 141:5, NET Bible
“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 righteous smite me, it shall bea kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be asoil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue. ”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!
Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.
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.
They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!