Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

New American Standard Bible

O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.

King James Version

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

Holman Bible

Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.

International Standard Version

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

A Conservative Version

O LORD, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

Amplified


O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.

Bible in Basic English

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

Darby Translation

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

Julia Smith Translation

O Jehovah, thou wilt open my lips, and my mouth shall announce thy praise.

King James 2000

O Lord, open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise.

Lexham Expanded Bible

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will proclaim your praise.

Modern King James verseion

O Jehovah, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Open my lips, O LORD, that my mouth may show thy praise.

NET Bible

O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

New Heart English Bible

Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

The Emphasized Bible

O My Lord! my lips, wilt thou open, And, my mouth, shall declare thy praise.

Webster

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

World English Bible

Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

Youngs Literal Translation

O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 16 For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.


Cross References

Genesis 44:16

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.

Exodus 4:11

And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah?

1 Samuel 2:9

He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.

Psalm 9:14

That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 63:3-5

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

Psalm 119:13

With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.

Ezekiel 3:27

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 16:63

that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 29:21

In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Matthew 22:12

and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.

Mark 7:34

and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:

Hebrews 13:15

Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.

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