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Psalm 141:3-5
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3 Lord, help me control my tongue;
    help me be careful about what I say.
4 Take away my desire to do evil
    or to join others in doing wrong.
Don’t let me eat tasty food
    with those who do evil.

5 If a good person punished me, that would be kind.
    If he corrected me, that would be like perfumed oil on my head.
    I shouldn’t refuse it.
But I pray against those who do evil.

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Psalm 141:3-5
New International Version

3 Set a guard over my mouth,(A) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(B)
4 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)

5 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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