Psalms 141:3
Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
In Context
2Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.
4They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.
Cross References
Psalms 34:13Who is the man that desireth life: who loveth to see good days?
Psalms 39:2I said: I will take heed to my ways : that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.
Micah 7:5Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.
James 3:2For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:2-5
Fervent Supplications. 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. 3 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. Mercy to accept what we do well, and grace to keep us from doing ill, are the two things… Read the whole commentary →