Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 5:9

9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth, their inward part is very wickedness ; their throat is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue .

They speak one thing and mean another, and under a pretence of kindness they seek my Destruction: which makes it difficult for me to know how I should carry my self to them; wherein therefore I have begged thy direction.

Either 1. Metonymically; Their speech coming out of their Throat, tho smooth and subtil, yet is most pernicious. Or 2. Properly: Their Throat and Mouth are wide opened ready to devour all that come within their reach. A Metaphor from wild Beasts gaping for the Prey.

They make shew of piety and friendship, that they may more easily deceive and destroy me.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word].; [illegible: 1 span].; Heb. wick[illegible: 1+ letters] nesses.; Rom. 3. 13.