EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 141:3
3Lord, keep my mouth safe, so that I do not speak bad things.
Psalms 141:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
- New International Version (NIV)Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Context of Psalms 141:3
1Lord, I am calling to you for help. Come to me quickly! Please listen to what I am saying. 2I offer my prayer to you like incense. Please accept it when I raise my hands to you. Accept it like a gift that I offer to you in the evening. Lord, keep my mouth safe, so that I do not speak bad things. 4Do not let my mind want evil things. Do not let me join with wicked people, to do the same bad things that they do. I do not even want to eat their good food. 5If a good man hits me because he loves me, he is being kind to me. If he shows me that I have done a wrong thing, that it is like special oil on my head. I would not refuse it. I continue to pray against what wicked people do.
Read all of Psalms 141Psalms 141:3 word by word
שִׁיתָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה שָׁמְרָ֣ה לְפִ֑י נִ֝צְּרָ֗ה עַל־דַּ֥ל שְׂפָתָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 141:3
- Psalms 17:3You look deep into my mind. You check my thoughts at night. When you test me, you find nothing that is wrong. I have decided that I will never tell any lies.
- Psalms 39:1I said, ‘I will be careful what I do, so that I do not sin. I will also be careful what I say. When wicked people are listening, I will not even open my mouth.’
- Psalms 71:8I can never stop praising you! All the time, I speak about your glory!
- Micah 7:5Do not believe anyone, even somebody that you know well. You cannot be sure that your friend will always be honest with you. Be careful what you say to your wife. Be careful even when you are hugging her.
- James 1:26Maybe some of you think that you are serving God well. But if you also say bad things about people, you do not serve God well at all. You are doing something bad even when you think you are doing good things.
- James 3:2We all make many mistakes. So, if someone never says anything that is bad, that person is completely good. It shows that he has authority over his whole body.
Commentaries on Psalms 141:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth - That I may not say anything rashly, unadvisedly, improperly. Compare Psalm 39:1. The prayer here is, that God would guard him from the temptation to say something wrong. To this he seems to have been prompted by the circumstances of the case, and by the advice of those who were with him. See introduction to the psalm. Compare the notes at Psalm 11:1. Keep the door of my lips - That my lips or mouth may not open…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5Wisdom sometimes requires protection from oneself. People might say or think things that lead to a harmful path (Proverbs 13:3; 21:23). Wisdom accepts correction from godly people (see Proverbs 3:11; 9:8; 15:31; 19:25).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 3O Lord, place a guard for my mouth when I pray before You, that I should speak poetically, that it should be acceptable.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 141
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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