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.

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

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.

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30 (A)Stripes that wound scour away evil,
And strokes reach the [a]innermost parts.

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  1. Proverbs 20:30 Lit chambers of the body

30 Blows and wounds scrub(A) away evil,
    and beatings(B) purge the inmost being.

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