Psalms 51:15

Psalms 51:15. O Lord, open thou my lips; -

He felt as if he could not be trusted to open his own lips; and, certainly, he was not to be trusted to open his own eyes, for when he had aforetime opened them, he had looked on that which led him into sin. So now he would have God to keep his very lips, that he shall never speak again except as he shall be guided from on high: "O Lord, open thou my lips;"-