“If a river rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.

“Out of his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.

“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

They have closed their unfeeling heart,
With their mouth they speak proudly.

Smoke went up out of 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 in Your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

They open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.

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

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

A Psalm of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.
I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

They opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

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

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice.

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

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

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
I said, “I will guard my ways
That I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”

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

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

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

But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?

“You let your mouth loose in evil
And your tongue frames deceit.

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

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

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

Behold, they belch forth with their mouth;
Swords are in their lips,
For, they say, “Who hears?”

On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be caught in their pride,
And on account of curses and lies which they utter.

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.

My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips.

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

I cried to Him with my mouth,
And He was extolled with my tongue.

May the flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the pit shut its mouth on 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 salvation all day long;
For I do not know the sum of them.

They have set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.

A Maskil of Asaph.
Listen, O my people, to my instruction;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,

But they deceived Him with their mouth
And lied to Him with their tongue.

“I, the Lord, am 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 of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever;
To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.

Remember His wonders which He has done,
His marvels and the judgments uttered by His mouth,

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

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

With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;
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 of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Revive me according to Your lovingkindness,
So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

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

O accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord,
And teach me Your ordinances.

I opened my mouth wide and panted,
For I longed for Your commandments.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter
And our tongue with joyful shouting;
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”

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

All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, O Lord,
When they have heard the words of Your mouth.

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.

As when one plows and breaks open the earth,
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,
Whose mouth speaks deceit
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,

For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.

Now then, my sons, listen to me
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.

If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

“For my mouth will utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

“All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Wise men store up knowledge,
But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.

The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,
But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

The lips of the righteous bring forth what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked what is perverted.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

From the fruit of a man’s mouth he enjoys good,
But the desire of the treacherous is violence.

The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;
The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back,
But the lips of the wise will protect them.

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable,
But the mouth of fools spouts folly.

The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,
But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

A divine decision is in the lips of the king;
His mouth should not err in judgment.

The heart of the wise instructs his mouth
And adds persuasiveness to his lips.

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;
The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth calls for blows.

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

With the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied;
He will be satisfied with the product of his lips.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

A rascally witness makes a mockery of justice,
And the mouth of the wicked spreads iniquity.

Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

He who guards his mouth and his tongue,
Guards his soul from troubles.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;
He who is cursed of the Lord will fall into it.

Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,
He does not open his mouth in the gate.

Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Like a thorn which falls into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again.