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Psalm 39:1

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1I said, “I will watch my waysp

and keep my tongue from sin;q

I will put a muzzle on my mouthr

while in the presence of the wicked.”

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Psalm 39:1: 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.”

Cross references

  1. p1 Ki 2:4; Ps 119:9, 59; Pr 20:11
  2. qSee Job 1:22; Ps 34:13; Jas 3:2
  3. rSee Job 6:24; Jas 1:26

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

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.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.