Psalms Chapter 5 verse 9 Holy Bible
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.
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For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
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For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
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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.
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Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of my enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
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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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For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; or, no steadfastness - "no sincerity" (Kay, Cheyne); see the comment on ver. 6. Their inward part is very wickedness; literally, wickednesses; i.e. nothing but wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulchre. "Emitting the noisome exhalations of a putrid heart" (Bishop Horns). They flatter with their tongue; literally, they make smooth their tongues, which may, perhaps, include flattery, but points rather to smooth arguments, specious reasonings, and the habit of making the worse appear the better cause (see the comment of Bishop Horsley, 'Book of Psalms,' vol. 1. pp. 154, 155). The last two clauses of this verse are quoted by St. Paul (Romans 3:13), and applied generally to the character of the ungodly.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) In their mouth.--See margin.Wickedness.--Properly, an abyss, from root "to fall," hence in parallelism with "open sepulcher" in next clause. This is an instance of introverted parallelism, "mouth" answering to "tongue." (See Bible Educator, iii. 50.)An open sepulchre.--At once dangerous and noisome.Flatter.--Literally, make smooth the tongue. (Comp. Psalm 12:2.) Shakespeare uses "smooth tongue." Comp. also--"The subtle flend,Though only strong with anger and disdain,Dissembled, and this answer smooth returned."MILTON, Par. Lost.
