Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.

King James Version

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

Holman Bible

Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.

International Standard Version

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

A Conservative Version

O LORD, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

American Standard Version

O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

Amplified


O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.

Bible in Basic English

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

Darby Translation

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

Julia Smith Translation

O Jehovah, thou wilt open my lips, and my mouth shall announce thy praise.

King James 2000

O Lord, open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise.

Lexham Expanded Bible

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will proclaim your praise.

Modern King James verseion

O Jehovah, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Open my lips, O LORD, that my mouth may show thy praise.

NET Bible

O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

New Heart English Bible

Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

The Emphasized Bible

O My Lord! my lips, wilt thou open, And, my mouth, shall declare thy praise.

Webster

O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

World English Bible

Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

Youngs Literal Translation

O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.


Cross References

Genesis 44:16

So Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been found.”

Exodus 4:11

The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

1 Samuel 2:9

He keeps the feet of His godly ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness;
For not by might shall a man prevail.

Psalm 9:14

That I may tell of all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may rejoice in Your salvation.

Psalm 63:3-5

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will praise You.

Psalm 119:13

With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.

Ezekiel 3:27

But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 16:63

so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” the Lord God declares.

Ezekiel 29:21

“On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Matthew 22:12

and he *said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.

Mark 7:34

and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

Hebrews 13:15

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.

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