Psalms 5:9

For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Darby Translation

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, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me.

10Bring guilt upon them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: drive 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, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.

Psalms 27:11Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies.

Psalms 51:6Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden [part] thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Psalms 58:2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

Psalms 62:9Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together [lighter] than vanity.

Psalms 69:19*Thou* knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine 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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