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Let the (A)righteous smite me in lovingkindness and reprove me;
It is (B)oil upon the head;
Let not my head refuse it,
[a]For still my prayer (C)is [b]against their evil deeds.
Their judges are (D)thrown down by the sides of the cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
As when one (E)plows and splits open the earth,
Our (F)bones have been scattered at the (G)mouth of Sheol.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:5 Lit And my prayer
  2. Psalm 141:5 Or in spite of their calamities