The Bible Commentaries and Others: Psalms 141 v 5

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Posted by Psalms on Saturday, 23 January 2016

Psalms 141:5

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.

141:5. Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness. He would rather be smitten by the righteous than feasted by the wicked. When the ungodly smile upon us their flattery is cruel; when the righteous smite us their faithfulness is kind. Fools resent reproof; the wise endeavor to profit by it.

And let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head. Oil breaks no heads, and rebuke does no one any harm. My friend must love me well if he will tell me of my faults.

For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. Gracious people never grow wrathful with candid friends so as to harbor an ill-feeling against them. Wisely grateful souls are greatly concerned to see their instructors in trouble. They do not merely pray for them, but they so closely and heartily sympathize that their prayers are in their calamities, down in the dungeon with them.

Excerpt from:

The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)