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Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.
Do not turn my heart to any evil,
    to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with those who work iniquity;
    do not let me eat of their delicacies.

Let the righteous strike me;
    let the faithful correct me.
Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head,[a]
    for my prayer is continually[b] against their wicked deeds.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:5 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Psalm 141:5 Cn: Heb for continually and my prayer

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