4As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;


In Context

1 A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

2 From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

3 Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

4 As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

5 To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

6 I — I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

Psalm 17:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4Concerning the words of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:4As for the deeds of men- by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:4That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:4As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.