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Psalm 141:5

World English Bible

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;
let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head;
don’t let my head refuse it;
Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

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Psalm 141:5 in other translations

Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

Psalm 141:5 · American Standard Version

Psalm 141:5 in context

  1. 3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth.
    Keep the door of my lips.
  2. 4Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing,
    to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity.
    Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.
  3. 5Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;
    let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head;
    don’t let my head refuse it;
    Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
  4. 6Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.
    They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
  5. 7“As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
    our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”