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Guard My Heart and Mouth

Set a guard over my mouth, Lord.
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Do not let my heart turn toward anything evil,
to take part in wicked deeds with men who do evil.
Let me not taste their delicacies.

Correct Me

Let a righteous man strike me—it is mercy.
Let him rebuke me—it is lotion[a] on my head.
My head will not refuse it.

Reject the Wicked

But my prayer is still against their evil deeds.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:5 Literally oil