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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.

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

May the (A)righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me;
It is (B)oil for the head;
My head shall not refuse it,
For my prayer (C)is still against their evil deeds.

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(A)Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
    let my head not refuse it.
Yet (B)my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

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Let the righteous strike me;
    let the faithful correct me.
Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head,[a]
    for my prayer is continually[b] against their wicked deeds.

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  1. Psalm 141:5 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Psalm 141:5 Cn: Heb for continually and my prayer

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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