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Psalm 141

Psa. 141:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Set
shiyth (Hebrew #7896)
to place (in a very wide application)
KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
Pronounce: sheeth
Origin: a primitive root
a watch
shomrah (Hebrew #8108)
watchfulness
KJV usage: watch.
Pronounce: shom-raw'
Origin: feminine of an unused noun from 8104 meaning a guard
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, before my mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
; keep
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
the door
deleth (Hebrew #1817)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door
KJV usage: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
Pronounce: deh'-leth
Origin: from 1802
of my lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Set a watch.
Psa. 17:3‑5• 3Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.
 4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent man.
 5When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not. (Psa. 17:3‑5)
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Psa. 39:1• 1To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me. (Psa. 39:1)
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Psa. 71:8• 8My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, with thy glory, all the day. (Psa. 71:8)
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Mic. 7:5• 5Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. (Mic. 7:5)
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James 1:26• 26If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain. (James 1:26)
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James 3:2• 2For we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, *he* is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too. (James 3:2)
• Although Israel is restored to the Lord at this time, at first they will not know His heart toward them being unsure of His goodness and care. It is therefore necessary the trial of this 2nd invasion of the Assyrian be upon them that they might learn to trust the Lord as the Almighty Provider. They accept the distress as discipline from the Lord searching their own hearts that evil might not be present with them. They continue to pray that the instrument (the Assyrian) of their chastening would be overthrown in judgment when the trial has accomplished its end (vs. 3-6). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• If, however, his prayer is to be acceptable, he feels that certain moral conditions are necessary. First, a watch must be set upon his words, that nothing may be uttered inconsistent with the presence of the Lord. (“Psalms 141” by H. Smith)
• He seeks too (and how needed it is), that in the pressure of evil God should set a watch before his mouth and keep the door of his lips. We may be true and right in principle on the Lord's side; but how does an impatient or pretentious and reproachful word mar the testimony, give a handle to the enemy, and, so far, set the soul wrong with God. No point is more important than this for the upright. He who can bridle his tongue, the same is a perfect man. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 139-143” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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