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Psalm 17:3–4

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3You have tested my heart; o

You have examined me at night.

You have tried me and found nothing evil; p

I have determined that my mouth will not sin. q

4Concerning what people do:

by the word of Your lips r

I have avoided the ways of the violent. s

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Footnotes

  1. q17:3 Or [evil]; my mouth will not sin
  2. r17:4 God’s instruction

Cross references

  1. o17:3 Ps 66:10; Zch 13:9
  2. p17:3 Jb 23:10; Ps 26:2
  3. s17:4 Pr 4:14–15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,

you have tested me, and you will find nothing;

I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips

I have avoided the ways of the violent.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Though you probe my heart,

though you examine me at night and test me,

you will find that I have planned no evil;

my mouth has not transgressed.

Though people tried to bribe me,

I have kept myself from the ways of the violent

through what your lips have commanded.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You have tested my heart;

you have examined me at night.

You have tried me and found nothing evil;

I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

Concerning what people do:

by the words from your lips

I have avoided the ways of the violent.

NLTNew Living Translation

You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night.

You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong.

I am determined not to sin in what I say.

I have followed your commands,

which keep me from following cruel and evil people.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You have tried my heart;

you have examined me by night;

you have tested me; you found nothing.

I have decided that my mouth will not transgress.

As for the works of humankind,

by the word of your lips,

I have kept from the ways of the violent.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;

Thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing;

I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips

I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.