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Psalms 5:9

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Psalms 5:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 5:9

Theological / Devotional

Faithfulness. Heb. nekonah, from kun, meaning “to be firmly established,” “to be trustworthy.” The enemies are wholly undependable; they are utterly false and treacherous. Absalom had gone to Hebron on a false pretense (see 2 Sam. 15:7–10).

Wickedness. Literally, “destruction.” Moreover, their throats, like open graves, are ready to devour the happiness of others. Paul employs this passage to characterize man’s universal depravity (Rom. 3:13). Further, the psalmist refers to another member of the body, the tongue, as being equally depraved (see James 3:5–9). This description appears pertinent to the treachery of Absalom and his fellow rebels (see 2 Sam. 15:1–6).

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