His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
The verse belongs to a prayer asking God to execute justice for the poor and oppressed, not to a request for vengeance against the wicked. The tenth psalm sheds light on conditions in which the wicked persecute the poor and oppress God's servants. The verse describes the wicked as using speech filled with curses, deceit, and fraud, while harboring mischief and emptiness under the tongue. God sees the actions of such wicked oppressors, and a day of retribution is coming.
The verse proves that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin, with sinful mouths full of cursing and bitterness. It stands together with the other scriptures teaching that there is none righteous, no, not one, none that understands, seeks God, or does good, but all have gone out of the way and become unprofitable. It answers the objection that Jews are better or excused because they have circumcision and the oracles of God, showing that God's wrath is against all ungodliness and unrighteousness and that God judges the world without respect of persons.
The verse belongs to a prayer asking God to execute justice for the poor and oppressed, not to a request for vengeance against the wicked. The tenth psalm sheds light on conditions in which the wicked persecute the poor and oppress God's servants. The verse describes the wicked as using speech filled with curses, deceit, and fraud, while harboring mischief and emptiness under the tongue. God sees the actions of such wicked oppressors, and a day of retribution is coming.
The verse proves that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin, with sinful mouths full of cursing and bitterness. It stands together with the other scriptures teaching that there is none righteous, no, not one, none that understands, seeks God, or does good, but all have gone out of the way and become unprofitable. It answers the objection that Jews are better or excused because they have circumcision and the oracles of God, showing that God's wrath is against all ungodliness and unrighteousness and that God judges the world without respect of persons.