Psalms 5:9
7 But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
10 Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
- BLB
- For there is no firmness in his mouth; within them is destruction; their throat [is] a grave being wide open; they make their tongue smooth.
- ÅB
- For det er ikke sannhet i deres munn;
ødeleggelse er i deres indre,
munnen deres er en åpen grav,
og tungen deres er glatt. - OTB
- For det er intet pålitelig i deres tale;
Deres indre er ødeleggelse.
Deres strupe er en åpen grav;
De bruker sin tunge til å smigre. - B1930
- For det er ikke sannhet i deres munn; deres indre er fordervelse, deres strupe en åpen grav; sin tunge gjør de glatt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 9:3–6
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextRomans 3:13
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
Read in contextPsalms 62:4
They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Read in contextMicah 6:12
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Read in contextProverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Read in contextPsalms 51:6
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Read in contextPsalms 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Read in contextLuke 11:44
Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
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