Psalms 12:2-4

12:2 People lie to one another;

they flatter and deceive.

12:3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,

and the tongue that boasts!

12:4 They say, “We speak persuasively;

we know how to flatter and boast.

Who is our master?”

Psalms 17:1

Psalm 17

A prayer of David.

17:1 Lord, consider my just cause!

Pay attention to my cry for help!

Listen to the prayer

I sincerely offer!

Psalms 21:2

21:2 You grant him his heart’s desire;

you do not refuse his request. (Selah)

Psalms 22:7

22:7 All who see me taunt me;

they mock me and shake their heads.

Psalms 31:18

31:18 May lying lips be silenced –

lips that speak defiantly against the innocent

with arrogance and contempt!

Psalms 40:9

40:9 I have told the great assembly about your justice.

Look! I spare no words!

O Lord, you know this is true.

Psalms 45:2

45:2 You are the most handsome of all men!

You speak in an impressive and fitting manner!

For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

Psalms 59:7

59:7 Look, they hurl insults at me

and openly threaten to kill me,

for they say,

“Who hears?”

Psalms 59:12

59:12 They speak sinful words.

So let them be trapped by their own pride

and by the curses and lies they speak!

Psalms 63:5

63:5 As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul.

My mouth joyfully praises you,

Psalms 81:5

81:5 He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,

when he attacked the land of Egypt.

I heard a voice I did not recognize.

Psalms 140:3

140:3 Their tongues wound like a serpent;

a viper’s venom is behind their lips. (Selah)