^9 (A)Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    which must be curbed with ^(B)bit and bridle,
    or it will not stay near you.

39 I said, “I will ^(B)guard my ways,
    that I ^(C)may not sin with my tongue;
I will ^(D)guard my mouth with a muzzle,
    so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

²⁸ Because you have raged against me
    and your complacency has come into my ears,
I will ^(A)put my hook in your nose
    and my bit in your mouth,
and ^(B)I will turn you back on the way
    by which you came.

^29 (A)Because you have raged against me
    and your complacency has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
    and my bit in your mouth,
and ^(B)I will turn you back on the way
    by which you came.’