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Bible study · Psalm 141:1-10

Psalm 141: Set a watch before my mouth

Read Psalm 141:1-10 before you meet.

In a few lines

Psalm 141's watch before the mouth is a word the Hebrew Bible has only here (141:3), and its door of the lips has a lexicon entry for this verse alone. It asks for prayer to be received like incense and the evening offering (141:2), calls the blow of the righteous kindness (141:5), and turns its eyes to the LORD (141:8).

The verse to carry

“Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.”

Psalm 141:3

To talk about

  1. 1. "Let my prayer be set before you like incense" (141:2). The psalmist asks for his prayer to be received like an offering. What helps you come to prayer with that kind of care?

  2. 2. "Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips" (141:3). Where do you most need a guard on what you say?

  3. 3. "Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness" (141:5). Who in your life can tell you hard things, and how do you take it when they do?

Prayer requests