His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].

You have tried my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];
I intend that my mouth will not transgress.

Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable and pleasing in Your sight,
O Lord, my [firm, immovable] rock and my Redeemer.

Save me from the lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,
And all their host by the breath of His mouth.

I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice and truth.

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
In whose mouth are no arguments.

I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will muzzle my mouth
While the wicked are in my presence.”

“I am mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who has done it.

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear [with great reverence]
And will trust confidently in the Lord.

My mouth will speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.

“You give your mouth to evil
And your tongue frames deceit.

O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.

Hear my prayer, O God;
Listen to the words of my mouth.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But his heart was hostile;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

My soul [my life, my very self] is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offers praises [to You] with joyful lips.

Which my lips uttered
And my mouth spoke as a promise when I was in distress.

Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,
Nor the deep waters swallow me up,
Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.

My mouth is filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all day long.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,
For their number is more than I know.

Listen, O my people, to my teaching;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth [and be willing to learn].

I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

“I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

I will sing of the goodness and lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.

Who satisfies your years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the [soaring] eagle.

The upright see it and rejoice;
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth;
And in the midst of many I will praise Him.

With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.

And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.

The law from Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

According to Your steadfast love refresh me and give me life,
So that I may keep and obey the testimony of Your mouth.

How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Accept and take pleasure in the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord,
And teach me Your ordinances.

I opened my mouth and panted [with anticipation],
Because I longed for Your commandments.

Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not prefer Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

All the kings of the land will give thanks and praise You, O Lord,
When they have heard of the promises of Your mouth [which were fulfilled].

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips [to keep me from speaking thoughtlessly].

As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him],
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol [by the injustices of the wicked].

My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh will bless and gratefully praise His holy name forever and ever.