Psalms 5:9

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

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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, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

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

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Cross References

Job 32:21Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

Psalms 27:11Teach me your way, LORD. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

Psalms 51:6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Psalms 58:2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.

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

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