David’s note that by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent
shows that he understands the Lord’s lips,
and the word that comes from them, as the true guide to a life of integrity that avoids the paths of the violent, whose words are full of deceit (recalling Psalm 17:1).1
4 With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.