Psalms 17:4 meaning and explanation
As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Psalms 17:4, Berean Standard Bible
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David is praying while hostile men surround him, as verses 9 to 12 make clear. In verse 4 he looks back over his conduct and says that God's spoken word kept him from imitating the violent.
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