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Psalms 141:3

141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. set: Heb. directed
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

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

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

141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

What does Psalms 141:3 mean?

Psalms 141:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שִׁית (shîyth), שׇׁמְרָה (shomrâh), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh).

Hebrew interlinear

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Setשִׁיתshîyth/sheeth/H7896to place (in a very wide application)
a
watch,שׇׁמְרָהshomrâh/shom-raw'/H8108watchfulness
O
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
before
my
mouth;פֶּהpeh/peh/H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
keepנָצַרnâtsar/naw-tsar'/H5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
the
doorדֶּלֶתdeleth/deh'-leth/H1817something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor
of
my
lips.שָׂפָהsâphâh/saw-faw'/H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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Watchfulness

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 141:3.

Exodus 28:32

And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

Exodus 39:23

And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

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What does Psalms 141:3 say?

Psalms 141:3 (King James Version) reads: "Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips."

Is Psalms 141:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 141:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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