3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Believe 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.
If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.
Thou 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. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent [man]. When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;
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PSALM 141
Ps 141:1-10. This Psalm evinces its authorship as the preceding, by its structure and the character of its contents. It is a prayer for deliverance from sins to which affliction tempted him, and from the enemies who caused it.