# place a guard over my mouth

The psalmist speaks as if evil words were prisoners trying to escape from his mouth. Alternate translation: "please help me not to say things that are evil" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# place a guard over

"tell someone to guard"

# guard the door of my lips

The psalmist speaks as if evil words were prisoners trying to escape from his mouth. Alternate translation: "please help me not to say things when I should not" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])