15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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15 Open my lips, Lord,(A)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.

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Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

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Because your love is better than life,(A)
    my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,(B)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.(C)
I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;(D)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

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15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

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15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(A) of praise—the fruit of lips(B) that openly profess his name.

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14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

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14 that I may declare your praises(A)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,(B)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.(C)

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21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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21 “On that day I will make a horn[a](A) grow for the Israelites, and I will open your mouth(B) among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:21 Horn here symbolizes strength.

13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

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13 With my lips I recount
    all the laws that come from your mouth.(A)

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12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

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12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend(A)?’ The man was speechless.

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27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

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27 But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’(A) Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.(B)

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11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

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11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute?(A) Who gives them sight or makes them blind?(B) Is it not I, the Lord?

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34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

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34 He looked up to heaven(A) and with a deep sigh(B) said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”).

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63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

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63 Then, when I make atonement(A) for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed(B) and never again open your mouth(C) because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.(D)’”

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He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

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He will guard the feet(A) of his faithful servants,(B)
    but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(C)

“It is not by strength(D) that one prevails;

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19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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19 Now we know that whatever the law says,(A) it says to those who are under the law,(B) so that every mouth may be silenced(C) and the whole world held accountable to God.(D)

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