Psalms 17:4 - Exposition

Concerning the works of man ; i.e. "with respect to the actions of ordinary life "—here called "the works of Adam" ― i.e. of the natural man . By the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer . By attending to thy Law, and following it (see Psalms 119:11 ), I have refrained myself from sin, and avoided the wicked courses of the violent.