Verse 3
Psalms 141:3
World English Bible, British Edition
3
Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth.
Keep the door of my lips.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שִׁיתָ֣/ה יְ֭הוָה שָׁמְרָ֣ה לְ/פִ֑/י נִ֝צְּרָ֗/ה עַל דַּ֥ל שְׂפָתָֽ/י
English Translation
The Lord set a guard over my mouth; He keeps watch over the door of my lips.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 141 Context
1
LORD, I have called on you.
Come to me quickly!
Listen to my voice when I call to you.
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2
Let my prayer be set before you like incense;
the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
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3
Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth.
Keep the door of my lips.
4
Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing,
to practise deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity...
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5
Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;
let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head;
don’t l...
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6
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.
They will hear my words, for they are well sp...
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7
“As when one ploughs and breaks up the earth,
our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”
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8
For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord.
I take refuge in you.
Don’t leave my soul destitute.
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9
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
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10
Let the wicked fall together into their own nets
while I pass by.
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