‘If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit –
Psalm 26:4 - New International Version (Anglicised) I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have not sat with vain persons, Neither will I go in with dissemblers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I do not sit with false persons, nor fellowship with pretenders; American Standard Version (1901) I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. Common English Bible I don’t spend time with people up to no good; I don’t keep company with liars. Catholic Public Domain Version One thing I have asked of the Lord, this I will seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, so that I may behold the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple. |
‘If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit –
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.’
I never sat in the company of revellers, never made merry with them; I sat alone because your hand was on me and you had filled me with indignation.
Therefore, ‘Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.’