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Psalm 39:1

American Standard 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.

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Psalm 39:1 in other translations

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.
I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

Psalm 39:1 · World English Bible

Psalm 39:1 in context

  1. 1I 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.
  2. 2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
  3. 3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue: