
Let the words of my mouth be acceptable, the thoughts of my heart before you, LORD, my rock and my redeemer. Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before You, O YHWH, my rock, and my redeemer! Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before Thee, O LORD, my Rock, and my Redeemer. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. May my words and my thoughts be acceptable to you, O LORD, my refuge and my redeemer! Let my words and my thoughts be pleasing to you, LORD, because you are my mighty rock and my protector.Īnd the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight. So shall the sayings of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be pleasing continually before thee, O Lord my helper, and my redeemer. Let the words of my mouth be for your pleasure, and the meditation of my heart before you, LORD JEHOVAH, my helper and my Savior. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable and pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. Jimi Hendrix: “I need help bad, man!” (1970 – on his manager’s answerphone) John Denver: “Do you have it now?” (1997 – via radio to a flight controller) Layne Staley: “Don’t leave me like this!” (2003 – to Alice In Chains bandmate Mike Starr, who died several years later, also from an overdose) Barry White: “Leave me alone, I’m fine.May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. 38 to his temple and uttered the immortal last words above before pulling the trigger… His judgement impaired by alcohol, firearms-fan Kath placed the. By the eighties, however, they’d have to do it without the help of their foremost musician: just one week ahead of his 32 nd birthday, Kath was indulging in a bit of “harmless” gun horseplay at a crew member’s party. Virtuoso guitarist Terry Kath had already been praised by none other than Jimi Hendrix by the time he joined Chicago Transit Authority in 1968, who – under their shortened moniker of Chicago – went on to multi-platinum success culminating with the transatlantic chart-topper “If You Leave Me Now” (1976). However, when the final moment does arrive, even the most articulate can struggle to find the right words…” Read on to find out just what those words, right or wrong, might be.Īfter all the gun-murders, a needless self-inflicted death. And while some artists may kill themselves in achieving this, there are as many who might just die trying. “They spend their entire lives trying to create the perfect couplet, the lyric that will speak either to the faithful concert crowd, or perhaps just that one dedicated follower sitting alone in his bedsit, wishing he’d thought of it. “Rock musicians – bless ’em,” Simmonds writes. To that end, Jeremy Simmonds, London-based rock writer and author of The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns and Ham Sandwiches, which just hit shelves this month, has put together a list of famous last words - and we mean very last words - from some of our favorite musicians. All those people out there venerating your image and hanging on your every word - you really have to choose your words carefully.
