Psalms 51:15

51:15 O Lord, give me the words! ¹ 

Then my mouth will praise you. ² 

Psalms 109:2

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

they lie to me. ³ 

[51:15]  ¹ tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

[51:15]  ² tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”

[109:2]  ³ 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.”