Unto Him with my mouth I have called, And exaltation is under my tongue.

Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Filled is my mouth with Thy praise, All the day with Thy beauty.

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth.

I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet is their food in their mouth,

And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

I am Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.

An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,

Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth.

The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him,

A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth.

And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.

Better to me is the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!

According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth!

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me.

My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed.

Then filled with laughter is our mouth, And our tongue with singing, Then do they say among nations, 'Jehovah did great things with these.'

A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!

O Jehovah, all kings of earth confess Thee, When they have heard the sayings of Thy mouth.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

The praise of Jehovah my mouth speaketh, And all flesh doth bless His holy name, To the age and for ever!

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil is her mouth,

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking with perverseness of mouth,

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.

In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.

The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

From the fruit of the mouth is one satisfied with good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

An oath is on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.

The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.

Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.

The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

Wisdom is high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness.

Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better are thy loves than wine.

His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This is my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!

And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one -- into her.

and he striketh against my mouth, and saith: 'Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.'

Aram from before, and Philistia from behind, And they devour Israel with the whole mouth. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

Therefore, over its young men the Lord rejoiceth not, And its orphans, and its widows He pitieth not, For every one is profane, and an evil doer, And every mouth is speaking folly. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I -- I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.'

And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.

And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!

Who are walking to go down to Egypt, And My mouth have not asked, To be strong in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt.

Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth -- it hath commanded, And His spirit -- He hath gathered them.

And revealed hath been the honour of Jehovah, And seen it have all flesh together, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.