³ Set a guard over my mouth,^(A) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.^(B)
4 Do not let my heart^(C) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds^(D)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.^(E)

⁵ Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me^(F)—that is oil on my head.^(G)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.