For there is nothing trustworthy in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction itself. Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.

From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have established strength Because of Your enemies, To do away with the enemy and the revengeful.

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression; Under his tongue is harm and injustice.

You have put my heart to the test; You have visited me by night; You have sifted me and You find nothing; My intent is that my mouth will not offend.

They have closed their unfeeling hearts, With their mouths they speak proudly.

Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth was devouring; Coals burned from it.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

They open their mouths wide at me, As a ravening and roaring lion.

Save me from the lion’s mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their lights.

The Lord, a Provider and the One Who Rescues Me.

A Psalm of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

They opened their mouth wide against me; They said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!”

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.

But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear; And I am like a person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.

Yes, I am like a person who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.

The Futility of Life.

For the music director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

I said, “I will keep watch over my ways So that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep watch over my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence.”

I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the Lord.

My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.

But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth?

You let your mouth loose in evil, And your tongue harnesses deceit.

Lord, open my lips, So that my mouth may declare Your praise.

Hear my prayer, God; Listen to the words of my mouth.

God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, Lord.