Psalms 51:15
Open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall declare your praise.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
In Context
14Save me from blood, O God, and my tongue shall ring out your faithfulness.
16For in sacrifice you have no pleasure, in gifts of burnt-offering no delight.
Cross References
Genesis 44:16Judah replied, “What can we say, my lord? What can we plead or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. See, both we and he also in whose possession the cup was found are my lord’s slaves.”
Psalms 63:3for better than life is your kindness: my lips shall utter your praise.
Matthew 22:12So he said to him ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding-robe?’ The man was speechless.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:15-19
Penitential Petitions. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou… Read the whole commentary →