But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.”

then all the people returned safe to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. Not a man moved his tongue against any of the people of Israel.

So he brought the people down to the water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself. Likewise, every one who kneels down to drink.”

“The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.

You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

“Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks.

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?

For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.

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

Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.

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

What Is the Measure of My Days?

To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: