Psalms 141:3
Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth; 1 guard the door of my lips. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
In Context
2May my prayer be like incense before you; 1 may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice. 1
Cross References
Psalms 34:13Then keep your tongue from evil 1 and keep your lips from speaking lies. 1
Psalms 39:2I kept silent; I kept back my words even from saying anything good, 1 and my pain grew worse. 1
Micah 7:5Do not trust any neighbor; 1 put no confidence in any friend. 1 Be careful about what you say 1 even to the woman who lies in your arms. 1
James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in words, he is a perfect man, able to control even his 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 →