Psalms 5:9

For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart [is] mischiefs, An open grave [is] their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

Young's Literal 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

8O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

10Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

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Cross References

Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,

Psalms 27:11Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.

Psalms 51:6Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

Psalms 58:2Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.

Psalms 62:9Only — vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.

Psalms 69:19Thou — Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee [are] all mine adversaries.

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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