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Set a guard, Lord, before my mouth,
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(A)
Do not let my heart incline to evil,
    to perform deeds in wickedness.
On the delicacies of evildoers
    let me not feast.
[a]Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me.
    Do not withhold oil from my head(B)
    while my prayer opposes their evil deeds.

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Footnotes

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

Set a guard over my mouth,(A) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(B)
Do not let my heart(C) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds(D)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.(E)

Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me(F)—that is oil on my head.(G)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

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