Psalm 17/Diagrams/vv. 4-5a.

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SimpleGrammar
DiscourseUnit [v. 4-5a]
      Fragment  
        Clause
          Subject
            pronoun: אֲנִי I
          Predicate
            verb: שָׁמַרְתִּי have watched>>have restrained
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="As for what people do">
                Preposition
                  preposition: לִ to>>as regards
                Object 
                  ConstructChain <gloss="what people do">
                    noun: פְעֻלּוֹת deeds
                    noun: אָדָם human beings
            Adverbial
              PrepositionalPhrase <gloss="by the word of your lips">
                Preposition
                  preposition: בִּ by
                Object
                  ConstructChain
                    noun: דְבַר word
                    noun: שְׂפָתֶי lips
                    suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
            Adverbial
              Clause
                Subject
                  ConstructChain <gloss="my steps">
                    noun: אֲשֻׁרַ steps
                    suffix-pronoun: י me
                Predicate
                  verb-infinitive: תָּמֹךְ hold>>persisting
                  Adverbial
                    PrepositionalPhrase
                      Preposition
                        preposition: בְּ in
                      Object
                        ConstructChain <gloss="your ways">
                          noun: מַעְגְּלוֹתֶי tracks>>ways
                          suffix-pronoun: ךָ you
            Object
              ConstructChain 
                noun: אָרְחוֹת ways>>behavior
                noun: פָּרִיץ violent person>>violent