James 1:26; James 3:2; Micah 7:5; Psalms 17:3-5; Psalms 39:1; Psalms 71:8
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fervent Supplications. A psalm of David. 1 L ORD , I cry unto thee...
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...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm presents,” says Perowne, “some peculiar difficulties of Interpretation, which, however, are due neither to the words employ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION ALMOST wholly a psalm of supplication. David is again in danger, and needs a prompt deliverance ( Psalms 141:1 ). This time the dan...
Evening Psalm in the Midst of Trials. A psalm of David, a prayer for deliverance from afflictions and from the enemies who cause them.
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...
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.