Commentary for Psalms 19:15
יִֽהְי֥וּ לְרָצ֨וֹן ׀ אִמְרֵי־פִ֡י וְהֶגְי֣וֹן לִבִּ֣י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ יְ֝הוָ֗ה צוּרִ֥י וְגֹאֲלִֽי׃
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before Thee, O LORD, my Rock, and my Redeemer.
Rashi on Psalms
be acceptable To appease and placate You.
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Radak on Psalms
May the words of my mouth be acceptable: – i.e. what I say before Thee with my mouth,
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Radak on Psalms
and the meditation of my heart in Thy sight: – And what I do not say with my mouth, but think in my heart and thought is the meditation of the heart – even so, let them be acceptable. For man thinks in his heart many things which he cannot frame to speak thus with his lips, therefore David says (Ps. 51:17): "O Lord, open Thou my lips"; and Solomon says (Prov. 16:1): "but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord."
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