A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

A froward heart shall depart from me - (.) So Solomon, David's son, writes in ; .

I will not know a wicked (person) - rather as the parallel clause requires, 'I will not know a wicked thing' (; ) So far he has spoken only of sin: not until the second part of the strophe does he pass on to sinners.

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