NET Bible
"O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!"
— Psalms 141:3, NET Bible
“Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
“Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips. ”
“Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.”
“In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:”
“O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
“Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!
May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!
Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.
May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.