Parallel Verses
Amplified
O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
New American Standard Bible
That my mouth may
King James Version
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
Themes
Homicide » David's repentance for, and confession of, the murder of uriah
Praise » Saints should » Pray for ability to offer
Praise » Should be offered » With the mouth
Topics
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 51:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God
14
Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;
Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.
O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 44:16
So Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we reply? Or how can we clear ourselves, since God has exposed the sin and guilt of your servants? Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, the rest of us as well as he with whom the cup is found.”
Exodus 4:11
The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, or the seeing or the blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
1 Samuel 2:9
“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness;
For a man shall not prevail by might.
Psalm 9:14
That I may tell aloud all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)
I may rejoice in Your salvation and Your help.
Psalm 63:3-5
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall 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 with 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 [to hear], let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 16:63
so that you may remember [in detail] and be ashamed and never open your mouth again because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 29:21
“In that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them, and they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord [when I renew their strength].”
Matthew 22:12
Mark 7:34
and looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to the man,
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment].
Hebrews 13:15
Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.