For the end, A Psalm of David to Jeduthun. Shall not my soul be subjected to God? For from Him is my salvation.

For the end, for Idithun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried to the Lord with my voice, yea, my voice [was addressed] to God; and He gave heed to me.

And with him [were] Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for His mercy [endures] forever.

And King David and the captains of the army appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who [should] prophesy with harps, lutes, and cymbals; and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.

To Jeduthun [were reckoned] the sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six after their father Jeduthun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

All these [were] the sons of Heman the king's chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons, and three daughters.

How shall a young man direct his way? By keeping Your words.

that the Lord may confirm His word which He spoke, saying, If your children shall take heed to their way to walk before Me in truth with all their heart, [I promise you], saying, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.

Make straight paths for your feet, and order your ways rightly.

Turn not aside to the right hand, nor to the left, but turn away your foot from an evil way: [ 4:27A] for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked: [ 4:27B] and He will make your ways straight, and will guide your steps in peace.

On account of this we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?

They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness; they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.

They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.

Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.

He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.

If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceiving his heart, the religion of this [man] is useless.

For we all stumble in many [ways]. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a mature man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Consider also the ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the pilot desires.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. Thus the tongue is set among our members, as that which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

But no man can tame the tongue. [It] is an unrestrainable evil, full of deadly poison.

Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.

Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of your wife, so as not to commit anything to her.

For the son dishonors his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house [shall be] all a man's enemies.

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, redeeming the time.