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Psalm 17:4

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17:4As for the actions of people8—

just as you have commanded,

I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.9

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Footnotes

  1. 8 Heb “with regard to the deeds of man[kind].”
  2. 9 Heb “by the word of your lips, I, I have watched the paths of the violent” (i.e., “watched” in the sense of “watched for the purpose of avoiding”).

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.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Concerning what people do:

by the words from your lips

I have avoided the ways of the violent.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have followed your commands,

which keep me from following cruel and evil people.

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.

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.