Psalms 17:4

As for the actions of people ¹  – just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. ² 

Ge 6:5,11; Job 15:16; Job 31:33; Ps 14:1-3; Ps 119:9-11; Pr 2:10-15; Mt 4:4,7,10; Joh 17:17; 1Co 3:3; Eph 6:17; Jas 1:18; 1Pe 4:2,3; 1Pe 5:8; Re 9:11; Re 12:11

¹ tn Heb “with regard to the deeds of man[kind].”

² tn Heb “by the word of your lips, I, I have watched the paths of the violent” (i.e., “watched” in the sense of “watched for the purpose of avoiding”).