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Psa 141 V1 V2 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10
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OET-LV Do_not incline heart_my to_thing evil to_practice practices in/on/at/with_wicked with people [who]_do (of)_wickedness and_not I_will_eat in/on/at/with_delicacies_their.
UHB שִׁיתָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה שָׁמְרָ֣ה לְפִ֑י נִ֝צְּרָ֗ה עַל־דַּ֥ל שְׂפָתָֽי׃ ‡
(shītāh yahweh shāmərāh ləfiy niʦʦərāh ˊal-ddal səfātāy.)
Key: yellow:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Yahweh, place a guard over my mouth;
⇔ guard the door of my lips.
UST Yahweh, do not allow me to say things that are wrong;
⇔ guard what I say as a sentry guards a door.
BSB ⇔ Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
⇔ keep watch at the door of my lips.
OEB ⇔ Set, O Lord, a watch on my mouth,
⇔ put a guard on the door of my lips.
WEB Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth.
⇔ Keep the door of my lips.
WMB Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth.
⇔ Keep the door of my lips.
NET O Lord, place a guard on my mouth!
⇔ Protect the opening of my lips!
LSV Set, O YHWH, a watch for my mouth,
Watch over the door of my lips.
FBV Lord, make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't—keep a watch over my conversations.
T4T ⇔ Yahweh, do not allow me to say [MTY] things that are wrong;
⇔ guard my lips.
LEB • keep watch over the door of my lips.
BBE O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
MOF ⇔ Set a watch upon my mouth, O thou Eternal,
⇔ guard thou the door of my lips;
JPS Set a guard, O LORD, to my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
ASV Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth;
⇔ Keep the door of my lips.
DRA In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:
YLT Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
DBY Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
RV Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my tips.
WBS Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
KJB Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
BB Set a watch O God before my mouth: and kepe the doore of my lippes.
(Set a watch O God before my mouth: and keep the door of my lippes.)
GNV Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keepe the doore of my lips.
(Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips. )
CB Set a watch (o LORDE) before my mouth, yee a watch at the dore of my lippes.
(Set a watch (o LORD) before my mouth, ye/you_all a watch at the door of my lippes.)
WYC I schede out my preier in his siyt; and Y pronounce my tribulacioun bifor him.
(I schede out my prayer in his siyt; and I pronounce my tribulation before him.)
LUT HErr, behüte meinen Mund und bewahre meine Lippen!
(HErr, behüte my Mund and bewahre my Lippen!)
CLV Effundo in conspectu ejus orationem meam, et tribulationem meam ante ipsum pronuntio:[fn]
(Effundo in conspectu his orationem meam, and tribulationem meam ante ipsum pronuntio:)
141.3 In conspectu ejus. AUG. Dominus redditurus est, in occulto ora; unde in Evangelio: Tu autem cum oraveris, intra in cubiculum tuum, et clauso ostio ora Patrem tuum qui videt in abscondito, etc. Matth. 6.
141.3 In conspectu his. AUG. Master redditurus it_is, in occulto ora; whence in Evangelio: Tu however when/with oraveris, intra in cubiculum tuum, and clauso ostio ora Patrem your who videt in abscondito, etc. Matth. 6.
BRN I will pour out before him my supplication: I will declare before him mine affliction.
BrLXX Ἐκχεῶ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ τὴν δέησίν μου, τὴν θλίψιν μου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἀπαγγελῶ.
(Ekⱪeō enantion autou taʸn deaʸsin mou, taʸn thlipsin mou enōpion autou apangelō. )
Ps 141 The psalmist prays for rescue and wisdom, and he envisions the end of evil. The principle of retribution (141:10) unifies the psalm.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
place a guard over my mouth
(Some words not found in UHB: set, YHWH guard over,mouth,my keep_watch, on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in door lips,my )
The psalmist speaks as if evil words were prisoners trying to escape from his mouth. Alternate translation: “please help me not to say things that are evil”
place a guard over
(Some words not found in UHB: set, YHWH guard over,mouth,my keep_watch, on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in door lips,my )
Alternate translation: “tell someone to guard”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
guard the door of my lips
(Some words not found in UHB: set, YHWH guard over,mouth,my keep_watch, on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in door lips,my )
The psalmist speaks as if evil words were prisoners trying to escape from his mouth. Alternate translation: “please help me not to say things when I should not”