Psalms 141:3

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 141:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 executi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 an...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 Sa...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 thi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 ; Rev...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 l...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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; bu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, he...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 s...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Fervent Supplications. A psalm of David. 1 L ORD , I cry unto thee...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This Psalm presents,” says Perowne, “some peculiar difficulties of Interpretation, which, however, are due neither to the words employ...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. The regulation of the tongue I. Importance of the subject. The use of speech is...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION ALMOST wholly a psalm of supplication. David is again in danger, and needs a prompt deliverance ( Psalms 141:1 ). This time the dan...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Evening Psalm in the Midst of Trials. A psalm of David, a prayer for deliverance from afflictions and from the enemies who cause them.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, to keep it from expressing sinful thoughts; keep the door of my lips, guarding them from uttering complaints...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 1:26 ; James 3:2 ; Micah 7:5 ; Psalms 17:3-5 ; Psalms 39:1 ; Psalms 71:8

³ Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 141:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 141:3