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.
Psalms 5:9 in other translations
| BSB | For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth. |
| 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue. |
What does Psalms 5:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 5:7-12
David prayed often alone, yet was very constant in attendance on public worship. The mercy of God should ever be the foundation both of our hope and of our joy, in every thing wherein we have to do with him. Let us learn to pray, not for ourselves only, but for others; grace be with all that love Christ in sincerity. The Divine blessing comes down upon us through Jesus Christ, the righteous or just One, as of old it…
Psalms 5:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 5:9
- Jeremiah 9:3-6
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
- Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
- Psalms 62:4
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
- Micah 6:12
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
- Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
- Psalms 51:6
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
- Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Luke 11:44
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
- Psalms 64:6
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
- Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Psalms 12:2-3
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
- Romans 1:29-31
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
36:1-4; 52:2; 58:3; 62:4,9; 111:1-3; Jer 9:3-6; Mic 6:12; Ro 1:29-31
Ro 3:13
faithfulness. or, stedfastness. their mouth. Heb. hismouth, that is, the mouth of any of them. inward.
51:6; 58:2; 62:4; *marg:
64:6; Jer 4:14; 17:9; Mr 7:21,22; Lu 11:39
very wickedness. Heb. wickednesses. throat.
Lu 11:44; Ro 3:13
they.
12:2,3; Job 32:21,22; Pr 29:5; 1Th 2:5
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Context
- Psalms 5:8
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
- 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.
- Psalms 5:10
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Psalms 5:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque no hay en su boca rectitud: sus entrañas son pravedades; sepulcro abierto su garganta: con su lengua lisonjearán. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Éternel! conduis-moi dans ta justice, à cause de mes ennemis; dresse ta voie devant moi; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn in ihrem Munde ist nichts Zuverlässiges; ihr Inneres ist Verderben, ein offenes Grab ihr Schlund; ihre Zunge glätten sie. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Domine, deduc me in justitia tua: propter inimicos meos dirige in conspectu tuo viam meam. |