'Restrained' in the Bible
I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],As You know, O Lord.
Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and didn't destroy them; He restrained his anger and didn't vent all his wrath.
You caused my acquaintances to shun me; you make me extremely abhorrent to them. Restrained, I am unable to go out.
But Phinehas intervened and prayed so that the plague was restrained.
From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
Surely I have restrained and composed my soul, like a weaned child with its mother: my soul within me is as a weaned child.