⁶ Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,^(A)
for they have killed men in their anger^(B)
    and hamstrung^(C) oxen as they pleased.

⁹ Do not take away my soul along with sinners,
    my life with those who are bloodthirsty,^(A)

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad^(A) and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,^(B)

¹⁷ I never sat^(A) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand^(B) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.

¹⁹ Oh, my anguish, my anguish!^(A)
    I writhe in pain.^(B)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
    My heart pounds^(C) within me,
    I cannot keep silent.^(D)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;^(E)
    I have heard the battle cry.^(F)

² Hide me from the conspiracy^(A) of the wicked,^(B)
    from the plots of evildoers.