Psalms 141:3
When my spirit was fainting within me, then you knew my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
In Context
2I will pour out before him my supplication: I will declare before him my affliction. 1
Cross References
Psalms 34:13But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my own bosom. 1
Psalms 39:2And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright. 1
Micah 7:5Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of your 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 →