Psalms 51:15

51:15 O Lord, give me the words!

Then my mouth will praise you.

Psalms 109:2

109:2 For they say cruel and deceptive things to me;

they lie to me.


tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”

tn Heb “for a mouth of evil and a mouth of deceit against me they open, they speak with me [with] a tongue of falsehood.”