Psalms 141:3-4

Context

141:3 O Lord, place a guard on my mouth!

Protect the opening¹ of my lips!²

141:4 Do not let me have evil desires,³

or participate in sinful activities

with men who behave wickedly.⁴

I will not eat their delicacies.⁵

[141:3] ¹tn Heb “door.” The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[141:3] ²sn My mouth…my lips. The psalmist asks God to protect him from speaking inappropriately or sinfully.

[141:4] ³tn Heb “do not turn my heart toward an evil thing.”

[141:4] ⁴tn Heb “to act sinfully in practices in wickedness with men, doers of evil.”

[141:4] ⁵sn Their delicacies. This probably refers to the enjoyment that a sinful lifestyle appears to offer.