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[a]Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me.
    Do not withhold oil from my head(A)
    while my prayer opposes their evil deeds.
May their leaders be cast over the cliff,
    so that they hear that my speeches are pleasing.
Like the plowing and breaking up of the earth,
    our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sheol.

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  1. 141:5–7 The Hebrew text is obscure.

Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me(A)—that is oil on my head.(B)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,(C)
    and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
They will say, “As one plows(D) and breaks up the earth,(E)
    so our bones have been scattered at the mouth(F) of the grave.”

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