5
Let the righteous strike me, let him correct me; it will be an act of love. Let my head not refuse such choice oil, for I will keep on praying about their wickedness.
6
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliff, [the wicked] will hear that my words were fitting.
7
As when one plows and breaks the ground into clods, our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sh'ol.
8
For my eyes, ADONAI, Adonai, are on you; in you I take refuge; don't pour out my life.
9
Keep me from the trap they have set for me, from the snares of evildoers.
10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
\\<>\\. This psalm was written about the same time, and upon the same occasion, as that going before and what follows after; even when David was persecuted by Saul, and when he was in great danger of his enemies, and snares were laid for his life.