Psalm 141:3 Parallel Translations
NASB: Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: O LORD, set a guard at my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
ASV: Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
BBE: O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
DBY: Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
ERV: Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my tips.
JPS: Set a guard, O LORD, to my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
WBS: Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
WEB: Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
YLT: Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3 Cross References
XREF:Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.

Psalm 39:1 For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."

Proverbs 13:3 The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 21:23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue, Guards his soul from troubles.

Micah 7:5 Do not trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies in your bosom Guard your lips. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; {c} keep the door of my lips.
(c) He desires God to keep his thoughts and ways either from thinking or executing vengeance.
MHC: 141:1-4 Make haste unto me. Those that know how to value God's gracious presence, will be the more fervent in their prayers. When presented through the sacrifice and intercession of the Saviour, they will be as acceptable to God as the daily sacrifices and burnings of incense were of old. Prayer is a spiritual sacrifice, it is the offering up the soul and its best affections. Good men know the evil of tongue sins. When enemies are provoking, we are in danger of speaking unadvisedly. While we live in an evil world, and have such evil hearts, we have need to pray that we may neither be drawn nor driven to do any thing sinful. Sinners pretend to find dainties in sin; but those that consider how soon sin will turn into bitterness, will dread such dainties, and pray to God to take them out of their sight, and by his grace to turn their hearts against them. Good men pray against the sweets of sin.
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