“‘Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips’
Psalm 141:3
keep watch over the door of my lips’
Psalm 141:3
“. . . Notice where the guard is posted. Not at the ear—to protect us from being hurt by words we might hear, or at the heart—to shield us from the wounds that are sometimes caused by what others do.
Rather, the Psalmist asked God to post a sentinel at his own mouth knowing that the greatest danger he faced was not what others might do to him, but rather, what he might say that would harm others...”
From Nancy Leigh DeMoss The Power of Words,
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