Psalms 5:9

Psalms 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with malice. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they tell lies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue.

Context of Psalms 5:9

7But I will come into your house, because of your faithful love. I will bend low in your holy temple, and I will worship you. 8Lord, help me to follow your right way. My enemies are waiting to attack me. Show the right way clearly to me, so that I do not go the wrong way. My enemies never speak what is true. They only want to destroy people. Their mouth has the smell of an open grave. Their tongues say nice things, but they are all lies! 10God, say that they are guilty! Let their own wicked ideas bring punishment to them. Send them away because they do so many bad things. Yes, they have turned against you. 11Please make people who turn to you happy. Make them always sing with joy, because you keep them safe. Take care of those who are faithful to you. Then they will be really happy.

Psalms 5:9 word by word

כִּ֤י אֵ֪ין בְּפִ֡יהוּ נְכוֹנָה֮ קִרְבָּ֪ם הַ֫וּ֥וֹת קֶֽבֶר־פָּת֥וּחַ גְּרוֹנָ֑ם לְ֝שׁוֹנָ֗ם יַחֲלִֽיקוּן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• no faithfulnessכּוּןkûn · to establish: rightH3559
• in their mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• their inwardקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: inner partsH7130
• very wickednessהַוָּהhavvâh · desireH1942
• their throatגָּרוֹןgârôn gârôn · throatH1627
• an openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• sepulchreקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• they flatterחָלַקchâlaq · to smoothH2505
• with their tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956

Cross-references for Psalms 5:9

• Psalms 36:1A wicked person turns against God completely. He does not respect God.
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue is like a sharp knife! You talk about how to hurt other people, You speak nothing but lies.
• Psalms 58:3Wicked people do wrong things from their birth. As soon as they are born, they start telling lies.
• Psalms 62:4You only want to push me off my high place. You love to tell lies to deceive people. When you say words to bless people, you are cursing them in your thoughts. Selah.
• Psalms 111:1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! I will thank the Lord with all that I am, when we, his people, meet together.
• Jeremiah 9:3The Lord says, ‘The tongues of these people speak lies, like the bows of soldiers shoot arrows. They have become powerful in the land, but they have used lies to do that. They do more and more evil things, and they do not respect me.
• Micah 6:12You rich people in the city are very cruel. Everyone there says things that are not true. All of them speak false words.
• Romans 1:29They only think about wrong and bad things that they want to do. They want many things for themselves. They want to hurt other people. They are always jealous of other people. They kill people. They quarrel and fight with people. They are not honest or kind. They say silly things about other people.
• Romans 3:13Bad words come out of their mouth, like a very bad smell. They tell lies all the time, so that people do wrong things. The things that they say hurt people, like a snake's poison.
• Psalms 51:6But you want me to be completely good and honest. You want to teach me to be wise in the way that I live.
• Psalms 58:2No! You do not! You like to think of evil things to do. You make cruel things happen everywhere in the land.
• Psalms 64:6They think of wicked ideas to hurt people. They say, ‘That is a great idea!’ Nobody really understands what people think deep inside themselves.
• Jeremiah 4:14People of Jerusalem, remove the evil things from your lives. Then the Lord may save you. Do not continue to have wicked ideas.
• Jeremiah 17:9A person's own mind deceives him, more than anything else does. Nobody can change it to be better. Nobody completely understands it.
• Mark 7:21Evil thoughts come out from people's minds. As a result they do wrong things. They have sex in wrong ways. They rob people. They murder people.
• Luke 11:39So the Lord Jesus said to him, ‘You Pharisees are like someone who only cleans the outside of his cup and his plate. You only clean the part that people can see. But inside, your mind is full of bad thoughts. You like to take things from other people.

Commentaries on Psalms 5:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9No faithfulness in their mouth - They make professions of friendship; but all is hollow and deceitful: "They flatter with their tongue." Very wickedness - Their heart is full of all kinds of depravity. Their throat is an open sepulcher - It is continually gaping for the dead; and sends forth effluvia destructive to the living. I fear that this is too true a picture of the whole human race, totally corrupt within, and abominable without. The heart is the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 :Title Upon Nehiloth - The title of Psalm 4:1-8 is, “upon Neginoth.” As that refers to a musical instrument, so it is probable that this does, and that the idea here is that this psalm was intended particularly for the music-master that had special charge of this instrument, or who presided over those that played on it. Perhaps the idea is that this psalm was specially designed to be accompanied with this instrument. The word here, Nehiloth…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 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 did upon Israel through…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The psalmist again describes the terrible acts of the wicked, who cannot stand in God’s presence.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. The wicked are not reliable because by nature they are full of wickedness, or literally, "wickednesses," of every kind (Ro 8:7). sepulchre--a dwelling-place of corruption, emitting moral putridness. flatter--or, "make smooth." their tongue--speaks deceitfully.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 5:9

• Depravity of Man
• Falsehood
• Flattery
• Hypocrisy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Sincerity
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Inward Part
• Compass
• Nehiloth
• Wickedness
• Music
• Papyrus
• Psalms, Book of
• Vulgate

Commentaries on Psalms 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings