Psalm 141:3 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Set a guard, O Lord, before my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep close watch over the door that is my lips.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In his sight, I pour out my prayer, and before him, I declare my tribulation.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:

Psalm 141:3 Cross References

Psalm 34:13

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Psalm 39:2

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

Psalm 71:8

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honor all the day.

Micah 7:5

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

James 1:26

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

James 3:2

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.