7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.
That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.
Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell. For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority; But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:
You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.
No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.
As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.
Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)
Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
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Commentary on Psalms 10 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 10
The Septuagint translation joins this psalm with the ninth, and makes them but one; but the Hebrew makes it a distinct psalm, and the scope and style are certainly different. In this psalm,
Psa 10:1-11
David, in these verses, discovers,
In singing this psalm and praying it over, we should have our hearts much affected with a holy indignation at the wickedness of the oppressors, a tender compassion of the miseries of the oppressed, and a pious zeal for the glory and honour of God, with a firm belief that he will, in due time, give redress to the injured and reckon with the injurious.
Psa 10:12-18
David here, upon the foregoing representation of the inhumanity and impiety of the oppressors, grounds an address to God, wherein observe,
In singing these verses we must commit religion's just but injured cause to God, as those that are heartily concerned for its honour and interests, believing that he will, in due time, plead it with jealousy.