Psalms 17:4
King James Version
“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept the paths of the destroyer.”
Context
1Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, not out of feigned lips.
2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited in the night; thou hast tried me, shalt find nothing; I am purposed my mouth shall not transgress.
4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept the paths of the destroyer.
5Hold up my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.
6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, my speech.
7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust from those that rise up