Psalms 5:9

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

Majority Standard Bible

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 Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

10Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

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Cross References

Job 32:21I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

Psalms 27:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

Psalms 51:6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Psalms 58:2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

Psalms 69:19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

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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