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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.

KJV

Domine, deduc me in justitia tua : propter inimicos meos dirige in conspectu tuo viam meam.

Vulgate

Κύριε, ὁδήγησόν με ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου, κατεύθυνον ἐνώπιόν σου τὴν ὁδόν μου.

LXX

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.

ASV

יְהוָ֤ה נְחֵ֬/נִי בְ/צִדְקָתֶ֗/ךָ לְמַ֥עַן שׁוֹרְרָ֑/י הושר הַיְשַׁ֖ר לְ/פָנַ֣/י דַּרְכֶּֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
י
y
pronoun · 5×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָשַׁ֥ר
yshr
verb · 28×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
ם
m
verb · 38×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. As wealth is wont to hurl into destruction those who are not heedful, so also is power; the first leads into covetousness, the second into pride. See, for instance, how the subject multitude of the Jews is sound, and their rulers corrupt; for that the first of these believed Christ, the Evangelists continually assert, saying, that many of the multitude believed on Him John 7…

Cross-references

  • Eph 4:29 — Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
  • Isa 59:15 — Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
  • Jer 5:16 — Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
  • Jer 9:3 — 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.
  • Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mic 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.
  • Prov 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
  • Prov 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
  • Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
  • Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
  • Ps 49:11 — Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
  • Ps 50:19 — Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
  • Ps 51:6 — Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
  • Ps 51:6 — Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
  • Ps 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 55:11 — Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Rom 3:13 — Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
  • Rom 3:13 — Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: