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Set,שִׁיתָהYHWH,יְהוָהa guardשָׁמְרָהover my mouth;לְפִיkeep watchנִצְּרָהoverעַלthe doorדַּלof my lips.שְׂפָתָי
Psalms 141:3
Study it in the app“Set, YHWH, a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.”
A prayer that God set a guard at the door of the lipsThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 141:3, word by word
- Setשִׁיתָshita
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “shita” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- a guardשָׁמְרָהshamra
guard, watch
A guard, a watch. It appears only in Psalm 141:3.
Where else “shamra” appears- over my mouthפִfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- keep watchנִצְּרָnitsra
guard
To be watchful in looking after and protecting someone or something.
Where else “nitsra” appears- the doorדַּלdal
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “dal” appears- of my lipsשְׂפָתָsefata
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefata” appears
The context
2Let my prayer be established as incense before you, the lifting up of my palms as the evening offering.
3 · This verse (above)
4Do not incline my heart to an evil thing, to practice deeds in wickedness with men who work wickedness; and let me not eat of their delicacies.