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Psalm 141:3 KJV
Psalms · chapter 141 · verse 3
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.Psalm 141:3 · King James Version
Psalm 141:3 in context
1Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
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Key words (Strong's)
- watchshomrâhwatchfulnessH8108 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- keepnâtsarto guard, in a good sense or a bad oneH5341 →
- doordelethsomething swingingH1817 →
- Setshîythto placeH7896 →
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Mercy to accept what we do well, and grace to keep us from doing ill, are the two things which we are here taught by David's example to pray to God for. I. David loved prayer, and he begs of God that his prayers might be heard and answered, Psa 141:1, Psa 141:2. David cried unto God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4