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IV

10 For there is no sincerity in their mouth;
    their heart is corrupt.
Their throat[a] is an open grave;(A)
    on their tongue are subtle lies.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:10 Their throat: their speech brings harm to their hearers (cf. Jer 5:16). The verse mentions four parts of the body, each a source of evil to the innocent.

[a]Who sharpen their tongue like a serpent,
    venom of asps upon their lips.(A)
Selah

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Footnotes

  1. 140:4 Similar metaphors for a wicked tongue are used in Ps 52:2; 55:20; 58:3.