5
The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.
6
Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
7
As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
8
But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, [are] mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.
9
Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
10
The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!
\\<>\\. 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.