Discovery BoxPsalms 10:7 
Context10:7 His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; 1
his tongue injures and destroys. 2
Psalms 39:9
Context39:9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth
because of what you have done. 3
Psalms 51:15
Context51:15 O Lord, give me the words! 4
Then my mouth will praise you. 5
Psalms 63:5
Context63:5 As if with choice meat 6 you satisfy my soul. 7
My mouth joyfully praises you, 8
Psalms 107:42
Context107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice,
and every sinner 9 shuts his mouth.
Psalms 119:131
Context119:131 I open my mouth and pant,
because I long 10 for your commands.
Psalms 141:3
Context141:3 O Lord, place a guard on my mouth!
Protect the opening 11 of my lips! 12
Psalms 145:21
Context145:21 My mouth will praise the Lord. 13
Let all who live 14 praise his holy name forever!
1 tn Heb “[with] a curse his mouth is full, and lies and injury.”
2 tn Heb “under his tongue are destruction and wickedness.” The words translated “destruction and wickedness” are also paired in Ps 90:10. They also appear in proximity in Pss 7:14 and 55:10.
3 tn Heb “because you acted.” The psalmist has in mind God’s disciplinary measures (see vv. 10-13).
4 tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.
5 tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”
6 tn Heb “like fat and fatness.”
7 tn Or “me.”
8 tn Heb “and [with] lips of joy my mouth praises.”
9 tn Heb “all evil,” which stands metonymically for those who do evil.
10 tn The verb occurs only here in the OT.
11 tn Heb “door.” The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.
12 sn My mouth…my lips. The psalmist asks God to protect him from speaking inappropriately or sinfully.
13 tn Heb “the praise of the
14 tn Heb “all flesh.”
