Let the righteous smite me: for that is a benefit: and let [a]him reprove me, and it shall be a precious oil that shall not break mine head: for within a while I shall even [b]pray in their miseries.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:5 He could abide all corrections, that came of a loving heart.
  2. Psalm 141:5 By patience I shall see the wicked so sharply handled, that I shall for pity pray for them.

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.

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