36
You, O king, shall not defile the honorable mouth of my old age, nor my long life lived lawfully.
37
My ancestors will receive me as pure, as one who does not fear your violence even to death.
38
You may tyrannize the ungodly, but you shall not dominate my religious principles, either by words or through deeds."
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.