9  For there is no truth in their mouth;

their inmost self is destruction;

^qtheir throat is an ^ropen grave;

they flatter with their tongue.

1  Save, O Lord, for ^rthe godly one is gone;

for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

2  Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;

with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

3  May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,

^sthe tongue that makes great boasts,

4  those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,

our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

2  Your tongue plots destruction,

like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

3  You ^elove evil more than good,

and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah

4  You love all words that devour,

O deceitful tongue.

5  But God will break you down forever;

he will snatch and tear you from your tent;

he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah