Psalm 17:4
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4–5I’m not trying to get my way
in the world’s way.
I’m trying to get your way,
your Word’s way.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Though people tried to bribe me,
I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
through what your lips have commanded.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
Concerning what people do:
by the words from your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
I have followed your commands,
which keep me from following cruel and evil people.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
As for the works of humankind,
by the word of your lips,
I have kept from the ways of the violent.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
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