By what means shall a young man learn his way to purify? If he according to thy word thereto attentive be.
Psalm 39:1 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) I said, I will look to my ways, lest with my tongue I sin: In sight of wicked men my mouth with bridle I'll keep in. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I SAID, I will take heed and guard my ways, that I may sin not with my tongue; I will muzzle my mouth as with a bridle while the wicked are before me. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I promised I would watch my steps so as not to sin with my tongue; promised to keep my mouth shut as long as the wicked were in my presence. Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. |
By what means shall a young man learn his way to purify? If he according to thy word thereto attentive be.
We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips are ours: who's lord o'er us?
My soul with expectation depends on God indeed; My strength and my salvation doth from him alone proceed.
Unto the Lord I with my voice, I unto God did cry; Ev'n with my voice, and unto me his ear he did apply.