Psalms 5:9

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they deceive (LXX/NT).

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In The King James Version

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

In Context

8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of my enemies. Make thy way straight before my face.

10Hold them guilty, O God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions. For they have rebelled against thee.

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Cross References

Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person. Neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

Psalms 27:11Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.

Psalms 51:6Behold, thou desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou will make me to know wisdom.

Psalms 58:2No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Psalms 62:9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than vanity.

Psalms 69:19Thou know my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before thee.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 5:8-12

Delight in Public Worship; Happiness of the Righteous. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O Lord , in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them… Read the whole commentary →

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