Psalms 141:3
I will pour out before him my supplication: 1 I will declare before him mine affliction. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
In Context
2I cried to the Lord with my voice; 1 With my voice I made supplication to the Lord. 1
Cross References
Psalms 34:13But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, 1 And humbled my soul with fasting: 1 And my prayer shall return to my own bosom. 1
Psalms 39:2I waited patiently for the Lord; 1 And he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication. 1
Micah 7:5Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so as not to commit anything to her.
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 →