“ Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. ”
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth - That I may not say anything rashly, unadvisedly, improperly. Compare Psalms 39:1 . The prayer here is, that God would guard him from the temptation to say...
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; (c) keep the door of my lips. (c) He desires God to keep his thoughts and ways either from thinking or executing vengeance.
CXLI. For Loyalty to God and His Saints. Psalms 141:1 f. The Psalmist begs Yahweh to hear his prayer. He utters this prayer in his house, and in true prophetic spirit hopes that it will be as ac...
Set. watch . Set. guard. Hebrew. shamrah. Same word as "keep", Psalms 141:9 Occurs only here. Keep . keep in safety. Not the same word as in Psalms 141:9 .
3. Set a watch, O Jehovah! upon my mouth. As David was liable to be hurt at the unbridled and unprincipled rage of his enemies, so as to be tempted to act in a manner that might not be justif...
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth - While there are so many spies on my actions and words, I have need to be doubly guarded, that my...
Set a watch, O Lord, &c.— Mr. Peters paraphrases these two verses thus: "I am now going to seek a retreat from the persecutions of my master Saul, amidst a race of idolaters, who will be curiou...
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ... Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works - (cf. Psalms 119:36...
An evening prayer in time of trouble. The Psalmist prays that he may be strengthened to resist temptation, and so escape the fate of evil men.
Watch. — The image drawn from the guard set at city gates at night seems to indicate the evening as the time of composition of the psalm. Door of my lips. — Comp. “doors of thy mouth” ( Micah 7:...
Psalms 141:1-10 PART of this psalm is hopelessly obscure, and the connection is difficult throughout. It is a prayer of a harassed soul, tempted to slacken its hold on God, and therefore betaking...
Humility Psalms 141:1-10 This is an evening psalm. Acceptable prayer is as the smoke of incense rising in the still air, Revelation 5:8 ; Revelation 8:3-4 . Each day we should ask to be deliv...
In this song the influence of the external troubles upon the inner life of the singer is revealed. Throughout it breathes the spirit of fear lest the soul should be seduced from the attitude of whole...
How earnest is a child of God, that he should act and live as becometh a child of God. He knows full well, that unless the Lord keep the heart, the lips will utter foolishness. And when the Lord disp...
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ,.... While praying, as Jarchi and Kimchi; that he might not utter any rash, unguarded, and unbecoming word; but take and use the words which God gives, even the...
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Ver. 3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ] Orat pro patientia, saith one, here he prayeth for patience; lest by giving himself...
Set a watch before my mouth That I may not, through mine own infirmity, and the great provocation of mine enemies, break forth into any unadvised speeches, or any expressions of impatience, distrus...
Fervent Supplications. A psalm of David. 1 L ORD , I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when...
That I may not through mine own infirmity, and the great provocations of mine enemies, break forth into any unadvised speeches, or any expressions of impatience, or distrust, or envy, or malice, &...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm presents,” says Perowne, “some peculiar difficulties of Interpretation, which, however, are due neither to the words employed nor to the grammatical construction, but to the...
Psalms 141:1 . LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. You see how a child of God prays when he is in trouble. David says, «I cry unto thee,» and...
This psalm, like the last, is generally supposed to have been composed by David during his persecution by Saul, probably when he fled to Achish. The late Rev. Mr. Peters, a Cornish clergyman, has fav...
Lord, I cry unto Thee. An invocation for the truly desirable in human life: - I. Divine attention to human aspirations (verses 1, 2). 1. For immediate attention. 2. For favourable attenti...
EXPOSITION ALMOST wholly a psalm of supplication. David is again in danger, and needs a prompt deliverance ( Psalms 141:1 ). This time the danger seems to be that he may fall away, and be abso...
Evening Psalm in the Midst of Trials. A psalm of David, a prayer for deliverance from afflictions and from the enemies who cause them.
James 1:26 ; James 3:2 ; Micah 7:5 ; Psalms 17:3-5 ; Psalms 39:1 ; Psalms 71:8