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Psalm 141:3
New International Version
Psalm 141:3
New International Version
Psalm 141:3
Amplified Bible
Psalm 141:3
Amplified Bible
3
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].
Psalm 141:3
New Living Translation
Psalm 141:3
New Living Translation
3 Take control of what I say, O Lord,
and guard my lips.
Psalm 141:3
Common English Bible
Psalm 141:3
Common English Bible
3 Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep close watch over the door that is my lips.
Psalm 141:3-7
The Message
Psalm 141:3-7
The Message
3-7 Post a guard at my mouth, God,
set a watch at the door of my lips.
Don’t let me so much as dream of evil
or thoughtlessly fall into bad company.
And these people who only do wrong—
don’t let them lure me with their sweet talk!
May the Just One set me straight,
may the Kind One correct me,
Don’t let sin anoint my head.
I’m praying hard against their evil ways!
Oh, let their leaders be pushed off a high rock cliff;
make them face the music.
Like a rock pulverized by a maul,
let their bones be scattered at the gates of hell.
Psalm 141:3-7
New International Version
Psalm 141:3-7
New International Version
3 Set a guard over my mouth,(A) Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.(B)
4 Do not let my heart(C) be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds(D)
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies.(E)
Psalm 141:3-7
Amplified Bible
Psalm 141:3-7
Amplified Bible
3
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].
4
Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing,
Or to practice deeds of wickedness
With men who plan and do evil;
And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).
5
Let the righteous [thoughtfully] strike (correct) me—it is a kindness [done to encourage my spiritual maturity].
It is [the choicest anointing] oil on the head;
Let my head not refuse [to accept and acknowledge and learn from] it;
For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.(A)
6
Their [wicked, godless] judges are thrown down the sides of the rocky cliff,
And they [who followed them] will hear my words, for they are pleasant (just).
7
As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him],
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol [by the injustices of the wicked].(B)
Psalm 141:3-7
New Living Translation
Psalm 141:3-7
New Living Translation
3 Take control of what I say, O Lord,
and guard my lips.
4 Don’t let me drift toward evil
or take part in acts of wickedness.
Don’t let me share in the delicacies
of those who do wrong.
5 Let the godly strike me!
It will be a kindness!
If they correct me, it is soothing medicine.
Don’t let me refuse it.
But I pray constantly
against the wicked and their deeds.
6 When their leaders are thrown down from a cliff,
the wicked will listen to my words and find them true.
7 Like rocks brought up by a plow,
the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.[a]
Footnotes
- 141:7 Hebrew our bones will be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Psalm 141:3-7
Common English Bible
Psalm 141:3-7
Common English Bible
3 Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep close watch over the door that is my lips.
4 Don’t let my heart turn aside to evil things
so that I don’t do wicked things with evildoers,
so I don’t taste their delicacies.
5 Instead, let the righteous discipline me;
let the faithful correct me!
Let my head never reject that kind of fine oil,
because my prayers are always against the deeds of the wicked.[a]
6 Their leaders will fall from jagged cliffs,
but my words will be heard because they are pleasing.[b]
7 Our bones[c] have been scattered at the mouth of the grave,[d]
just like when the ground is broken up and plowed.[e]
Footnotes
- Psalm 141:5 Heb uncertain
- Psalm 141:6 Heb uncertain
- Psalm 141:7 LXX manuscripts, Syr their bones; DSS (11QPsa) my bones
- Psalm 141:7 Heb Sheol
- Psalm 141:7 Heb uncertain
Psalm 141:3-7
The Message
Psalm 141:3-7
The Message
3-7 Post a guard at my mouth, God,
set a watch at the door of my lips.
Don’t let me so much as dream of evil
or thoughtlessly fall into bad company.
And these people who only do wrong—
don’t let them lure me with their sweet talk!
May the Just One set me straight,
may the Kind One correct me,
Don’t let sin anoint my head.
I’m praying hard against their evil ways!
Oh, let their leaders be pushed off a high rock cliff;
make them face the music.
Like a rock pulverized by a maul,
let their bones be scattered at the gates of hell.
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Common English Bible (CEB)
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