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Psalm 141:3

American Standard Version

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

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Psalm 141:3 in other translations

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth.
Keep the door of my lips.

Psalm 141:3 · World English Bible

Psalm 141:3 in context

  1. 1Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
  2. 2Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
  3. 3Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
  4. 4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
  5. 5Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.