5
Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; Don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
6
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
7
"As when one plows and breaks up the eretz, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of She'ol."
8
For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute.
9
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, From the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10
Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, While I pass by.
\\<>\\. 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.