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Discretion will watch over you; understanding will guard you

This speaks of "discretion" and "understanding" as if they were persons who could watch over someone else. Both statements mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: "Because you think carefully and understand what is right and wrong, you will be safe" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

Discretion

the quality of being careful in actions and speech

watch over

to guard, protect or take care of someone or something