5
Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head; for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.
6
When they are given over to those who shall condemn them, then they shall learn that the word of the LORD is true.
7
As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land, so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
8
But my eyes are toward thee, O LORD God; in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
9
Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and from the snares of evildoers!
10
Let the wicked together fall into their own nets, while 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.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.