Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.

You have tested my heart;
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

Smoke rose from His nostrils,
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You,
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

My strength is dried up like baked clay;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You put me into the dust of death.

Save me from the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued me
from the horns of the wild oxen.

The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,
and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;
his tongue speaks what is just.

I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.

I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done.

He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed—
as You know, Lord.

My mouth speaks wisdom;
my heart’s meditation brings understanding.

You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.

Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.

God, hear my prayer;
listen to the words of my mouth.

You satisfy me as with rich food;
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

that my lips promised
and my mouth spoke during my distress.

I cried out to Him with my mouth,
and praise was on my tongue.

Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

My mouth is full of praise
and honor to You all day long.

My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.

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

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.I will sing about the Lord’s faithful love forever;
I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations
with my mouth.

The upright see it and rejoice,
and all injustice shuts its mouth.

I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
I will praise Him in the presence of many.

With my lips I proclaim
all the judgments from Your mouth.

Never take the word of truth from my mouth,
for I hope in Your judgments.

How sweet Your word is to my taste—
sweeter than honey in my mouth.

I open my mouth and pant
because I long for Your commands.

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.

My mouth will declare Yahweh’s praise;
let every living thing
praise His holy name forever and ever.