A moment in scripture
Psalms 39:1
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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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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 39:2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- Psalms 39:3
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.