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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:5 Or lovingly
  2. Psalm 141:5 Lit And my prayer
  3. Psalm 141:5 Or in spite of their calamities
  4. Psalm 141:7 I.e. the nether world