 | John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 pages
...assurances sounding in our ears, what can be more necessary than that we should pray with David, " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door...work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties." J May our habitual temper agree with the apostolic precept, " Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger,... | |
 | John Stanford - 1829 - 472 pages
...and sometimes very great, whether in the young or the aged ; therefore, like David, incessantly pray, Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips. The other reason why Moses could not carry the people into the land of promise is, that he was the... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 538 pages
...Therefore let us resolve to take heed to our ways, that we sin not with our tongue. David prayed, " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips." Secondly, as the reverence of the disciples induced them not to question the propriety of our Lord's... | |
 | 1830 - 868 pages
...before my mouth ; keep the door of my li|W. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to Drartise, wicked works with men that work iniquity ; and let me not eat of their dainJes. 5 Let the righteous smite me, it shall IK a kindness ; andjnl him reprove me, il shallbe an... | |
 | 1831 - 932 pages
...hands as the evening sacrifice*. 3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips. 4 d Brewster, Munroe and Francis, and R.P. and C. Williams 5 Let the righteous smite me ; it shall lie a kindness : and let him reprove me ; it shall be an excellent... | |
 | James Backhouse - 1831 - 400 pages
...unworthiness, so that I may place myself entirely upon Thee. Be Thou my Guide, my Rock, my Strength. Set a watch, O Lord ! before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips ; guide me, that my feet may not slip in the slippery path of youth." " 9th of the 3rd month. Teach... | |
 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 pages
...are those of the tongue," then surely every Christian may well adopt the prayer of the Psalmist — " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips." Numerous and diversified are the dangers to which mankind are exposed from this source ; and to the... | |
 | Edward Berens - 1831 - 96 pages
...always treat thy holy name, and all that belongs to thy honour and service, with respect and reverence. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Mercifully forgive the innumerable offences of my tongue. Bless with the grace of thy Holy Spirit all... | |
 | 1831 - 584 pages
...lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips." What need have we to pray with David, " Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door of my lips." — From a Plain Commentary on the Bible (Hurst's). (Sent by a Worcestershire Correspondent.) ILL-GOTTEN... | |
 | James Gall - 18?? - 226 pages
...is pure. 159. (&.) Those who love God are always on their guard lest they offend him Psal. cxli. 3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips. 160. (6.) Those who love God perform, for his sake, all their outward duties. — 1 John v. 3. This... | |
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Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. 
