Psalms 5:9
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.
King James Version
In Context
8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Cross References
Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Psalms 27:11Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Psalms 51:6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 58:2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh 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: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalms 69:19Thou hast known 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 →