Psa 5:9, 10:7, Rom 3:14 | JFB | STEP | 9. The wicked are not reliable because by nature they are full of wickedness, or literally, "wickednesses," of every kind ( ). sepulchre —a dwelling-place of corruption, emitting moral putridness. flatter —or, "make smooth." their tongue

Psalms 5:9

9. The wicked are not reliable because by nature they are full of wickedness, or literally, "wickednesses," of every kind (Ro 8:7).

sepulchre—a dwelling-place of corruption, emitting moral putridness.

flatter—or, "make smooth."

their tongue—speaks deceitfully.

Psalms 10:7

7-10. The malignity and deceit (Ps 140:3) of such are followed by acts combining cunning, fraud, and violence (compare Pr 1:11, 18), aptly illustrated by the habits of the lion, and of hunters taking their prey. "Poor," in Ps 10:8, 10, 14, represents a word peculiar to this Psalm, meaning the sad or sorrowful; in Ps 10:9, as usual, it means the pious or meek sufferer.

Romans 3:14

14. Whose mouth, &c.— (Ps 10:7): that is, "That mouth which should be 'most sweet' (So 5:16), being 'set on fire of hell' (Jas 3:6), is filled with burning wrath against those whom it should only bless."