Psalm 51:15
New International Version
Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.

New Living Translation
Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you.

English Standard Version
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Berean Standard Bible
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

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

New King James Version
O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

New American Standard Bible
Lord, open my lips, So that my mouth may declare Your praise.

NASB 1995
O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise.

NASB 1977
O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Thy praise.

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

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
LORD JEHOVAH, open my lips for me, and my mouth will sing your glory.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

Contemporary English Version
Help me to speak, and I will praise you, Lord.

Douay-Rheims Bible
O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will tell about your praise.

Good News Translation
Help me to speak, Lord, and I will praise you.

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

JPS Tanakh 1917
O Lord, open Thou my lips; And my mouth shall declare Thy praise.

Literal Standard Version
O Lord, you open my lips, | And my mouth declares Your praise.

Majority Standard Bible
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

New American Bible
Lord, you will open my lips; and my mouth will proclaim your praise.

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

New Revised Standard Version
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

New Heart English Bible
Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

Webster's Bible Translation
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

World English Bible
Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise.

Young's Literal Translation
O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness. 15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. 16For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.…

Cross References
Exodus 4:15
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.

Psalm 9:14
that I may declare all Your praises--that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

Psalm 119:171
My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.


Treasury of Scripture

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

O Lord

Genesis 44:16
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Ezekiel 16:63
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

open

Exodus 4:11
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

Ezekiel 3:27
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 29:21
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

mouth

Psalm 63:3-5
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee…

Psalm 119:13
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

Hebrews 13:15
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

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Psalm 51
1. David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession
6. He prays for sanctification
16. God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity
18. He prays for the church














(15) My lips.--Comp. Psalm 71:15. The sense of forgiveness is like a glad morning to song-birds.

Verse 15. - O Lord (not Jehovah, but Adonai), open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. A sense of his guilt has long kept the psalmist's lips closed. Let his sins be forgiven, and his conscience relieved, then praise and thanksgiving will flow from his mouth freely and copiously.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
O Lord,
אֲ֭דֹנָי (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

open
תִּפְתָּ֑ח (tip̄·tāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

my lips,
שְׂפָתַ֣י (śə·p̄ā·ṯay)
Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

and my mouth
וּ֝פִ֗י (ū·p̄î)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

will declare
יַגִּ֥יד (yag·gîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

Your praise.
תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃ (tə·hil·lā·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8416: Praise, song of praise


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