3
Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.
4
Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.
5
Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6
Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7
They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
8
But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
9
Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.
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.