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.

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

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

He does not slander with his tongue, Nor do evil to his neighbor, Nor bring shame on his friend;

My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery, And my tongue clings to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of mankind; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.

Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.

And my tongue shall proclaim Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.

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

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.”

My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:

A Song Celebrating the King’s Marriage.

For the music director; according to the Shoshannim. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.

My heart is moved with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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

Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

You love all words that devour, You deceitful tongue.

Confuse them, Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who devour, Among sons of mankind whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,

So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake their heads.

I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was exalted with my tongue.

So that your foot may shatter them in blood, And the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

My tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long; For they are put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek my harm.

They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.