Incline not my heart&c. Leave me not by the withdrawal of Thy grace, to turn aside from the path of right. Cp. Psalms 119:10; Psalms 119:133.

to practise&c. To occupy myself in wicked practices with men who are workers of iniquity. The word for menimplies that they are men of rank and position who set this bad example. Cp. Psalms 4:2, note.

let me not eat of their dainties Let me not share their life of sensual luxury, the means for which are procured by violence and injustice. Cp. Proverbs 4:17, "For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence": Psalms 24:1-2. There does not seem to be any allusion to participation in idolatrous sacrifices.

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