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Psalm 39:1

1 I said, “I will aguard my ways

That I bmay not sin with my tongue;

I will guard cmy mouth as with a muzzle

While the wicked are in my presence.”

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Psalm 39:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

I said, “I will watch my ways

and keep my tongue from sin;

I will put a muzzle on my mouth

while in the presence of the wicked.”

Psalm 39:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

I said, “I will guard my ways,

that I may not sin with my tongue;

I will guard my mouth with a muzzle,

so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Psalm 39:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

I said, I will take heed to my ways,

That I sin not with my tongue:

I will keep my mouth with a bridle,

While the wicked is before me.

Psalm 39:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

I said to myself, “I will watch what I do

and not sin in what I say.

I will hold my tongue

when the ungodly are around me.”

Psalm 39:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue;

I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,

While the wicked are before me.”

Psalm 39:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

I said, “I will be careful how I act

and will not sin by what I say.

I will be careful what I say

around wicked people.”

Psalm 39:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

I said, I will take heed to my ways,

That I sin not with my tongue:

I will keep my mouth with a bridle,

While the wicked is before me.

Psalm 39:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

Psalm 39:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I said, 

“I will watch my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue. 

I will bridle my mouth while wicked people are in my presence.” 

Psalm 39:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I said, “I will guard my ways

so that I may not sin with my tongue;

I will guard my mouth with a muzzle

as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Psalm 39:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I said, “I will guard my ways

that I may not sin with my tongue;

I will keep a muzzle on my mouth

as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Psalm 39:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

I said, “I will guard my ways

that I may not sin with my tongue.

I will keep a muzzle over my mouth

as long as the wicked are before me.”

Psalm 39:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

I said, “I will be careful about how I live.

I will not sin by what I say.

I will keep my mouth closed

when sinful people are near me.”


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