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If a good man hits me because he loves me,
    he is being kind to me.
If he shows me that I have done a wrong thing,
    that it is like special oil on my head.[a]
    I would not refuse it.
I continue to pray against what wicked people do.
They will throw their rulers down
    from high rocks.
Then they will agree that my words were true.
It will be like a farmer who ploughs his field,
    and breaks the earth into pieces.
Just like that, they will break the bones of wicked people.
They will throw their bones on the ground
    at the entrance to Sheol.

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Footnotes

  1. 141:5 David is saying, ‘If a good man is angry with me, I will listen to what he says.’ He is warning me because he loves me, not because he hates me like an enemy. Special oil (olive oil) that is poured on someone's head shows that he is an important person.