A moment in scripture
Psalms 141:5
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Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 141:3
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
- Psalms 141:4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
- Psalms 141:6
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
- Psalms 141:7
Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.