But Moses replied to the Lord, "If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?"

But Moses said before the Lord, "Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?"

Because you rage against me, and the uproar you create has reached my ears; I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came."

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.

A prayer of David. Lord, consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer!

All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

May lying lips be silenced -- lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth's inhabitants.

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?"

As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

(Gimel) Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions.

Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it.

Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

The delight of kings is righteous counsel, and they love the one who speaks uprightly.

A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an honest answer.

Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

Your lips are like a scarlet thread; your mouth is lovely. Your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.

I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."

He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people.

At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came."

I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.

Groan in silence for the dead, but do not perform mourning rites. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip and do not eat food brought by others."

Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.

Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: "Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.

Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: "Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.

The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles."

This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."

It is written in the law: "By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me," says the Lord.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.