Psalms 5:9
(5-10) For there is no sincerity in their mouth; their inward part is a yawning gulf, their throat is an open sepulchre; they make smooth their tongue.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.
Psalms 27:11Teach me Thy way, O LORD; and lead me in an even path, because of them that lie in wait for me.
Psalms 51:6(51-8) Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts; make me, therefore, to know wisdom in mine inmost heart.
Psalms 58:2(58-3) Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
Psalms 62:9(62-10) Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; if they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity.
Psalms 69:19(69-20) Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; 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 →