³ Set a guard over my mouth,^(A) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.^(B)

¹³ keep your tongue^(A) from evil
    and your lips from telling lies.^(B)

⁸ My mouth^(A) is filled with your praise,
    declaring your splendor^(B) all day long.

³ Though you probe my heart,^(A)
    though you examine me at night and test me,^(B)
you will find that I have planned no evil;^(C)
    my mouth has not transgressed.^(D)
4 Though people tried to bribe me,
    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
    through what your lips have commanded.
⁵ My steps have held to your paths;^(E)
    my feet have not stumbled.^(F)