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Psalm 141:3

Modern English Version

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

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Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are before me.”

I was mute in silence; I held my peace to no avail, but my anguish grew worse.

Let my mouth be filled with Your praise and with Your glory all the day.

Do not trust in a companion, do not rely on a friend; from her who lies in your embrace, guard the doors of your mouth.

If anyone among you seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

We all stumble in many ways. But if any man does not stumble in what he says, he is a complete man and able also to control the whole body.