Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips.
New American Standard Bible
Keep watch over the
King James Version
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Holman Bible
keep watch at the door of my lips.
A Conservative Version
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
American Standard Version
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.
Amplified
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].
Darby Translation
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Julia Smith Translation
Set, O Jehovah, a watch to my mouth; guard over the door of my lips.
King James 2000
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Modern King James verseion
Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips.
NET Bible
O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!
New Heart English Bible
Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
The Emphasized Bible
Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips.
Webster
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
World English Bible
Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
Youngs Literal Translation
Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
Topics
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 141:3
Images Psalm 141:3
Prayers for Psalm 141:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection From Sin And Sinners
2 Let my prayer be like incense offered before you, and my uplifted hands like the evening sacrifice. 3 LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips. 4 Don't let my heart turn toward evil or involve itself in wicked activities with men who practice iniquity. Let me not feast on their delicacies.
Names
Cross References
Micah 7:5
Don't trust your friends, don't confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife.
Psalm 39:1
I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."
Psalm 17:3-5
When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.
Psalm 34:13
Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies.
Psalm 71:8
My mouth is filled with your praise and your splendor daily.
James 1:26
If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.
James 3:2
For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.