World English Bible
Psalms 141:3
“Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.”
Verse in context — Psalms 141
1
Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
2
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
3
Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
4
Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.
5
Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
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