4
Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
5
Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
6
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
8
But my eyes [are] to thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9
Keep me from the snare [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I escape.
\\<>\\. 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.