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Then Moses said to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
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So he brought the people down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “You shall put everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps in one group, and everyone who kneels down to drink in another.”
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“The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me, And His word was on my tongue.
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You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
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Is there injustice on my tongue? Does my palate not discern disasters?
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“Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue,
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He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue kills him.
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My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
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The voices of the prominent people were hushed, And their tongues stuck to their palates.
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Behold now, I open my mouth, My tongue in my mouth speaks.
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God’s Power Shown in Creatures
“Can you drag out Leviathan with a fishhook, And press down his tongue with a rope?
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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.
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His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression; Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
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May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
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Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”
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He does not slander with his tongue, Nor do evil to his neighbor, Nor bring shame on his friend;
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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.
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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.
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Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.
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And my tongue shall proclaim Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.
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The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.
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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.”
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My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:
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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.
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You let your mouth loose in evil, And your tongue harnesses deceit.
