Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me[a] not refuse it.(A)
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.[b](B)
When their rulers[c] will be thrown off
the sides of a cliff,
the people[d] will listen to my words,
for they are pleasing.(C)

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our[e] bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 141:5 Lit my head
  2. 141:5 Lit of them
  3. 141:6 Or judges
  4. 141:6 Lit cliff, and they
  5. 141:7 DSS reads my; some LXX mss, Syr read their

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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願義人擊打我,這是出於慈愛;

願他責備我,這是膏我頭的膏油,

我的頭不會拒絕。

我仍要為惡人的惡行禱告。

他們的官長被摔在山崖下的時候,

他們就要聽我的話,因為我的話甘美。

他們說:“我們的骨頭被拋散在墓旁,

好像人犁田鋤地時掘起的土塊。”

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