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Psalms 141:3

Words and speechSelf-controlPrayerTemptation

1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

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BSB
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
KJV
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
WEB
Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
ASV
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
DARBY
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
BLB
Set, O YHWH, a guard for my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
ÅB
Herre, sett vakt for min munn, vokt mine leppers dør!
OTB
Sett vakt, Herre, ved min munn;
Vokt inngangen til mine lepper.
B1930
Herre, sett vakt for min munn, vokt mine lebers dør!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • James 1:26

    If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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  • Psalms 39:1

    I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

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  • Micah 7:5

    Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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  • Psalms 34:13

    Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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  • James 3:2

    For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

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  • Psalms 71:8

    Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

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  • Psalms 17:3–5

    Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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