Psalm 5 (12 of 15 notes)

The Treasury of David
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)

9. This description of depraved man has been copied by the apostle Paul (Romans 2), together with some other quotations, as an accurate description of the whole human race, not of David’s enemies only. An opensepulchre. A sepulchre is full of loathsomeness, pestilence and death, and an open sepulchre has all its evil gases issuing to spread death and destruction all around. So with the throat of the wicked, it would be a great mercy if it could always be closed. All the wickedness of their heart exhales. How dangerous is an open sepulchre; men in their journeys might easily stumble therein, and find themselves among the dead. Take heed of the wicked man, for there is nothing that he will not say to you; he will long to destroy your character, and bury you in the hideous sepulchre of his own wicked throat. One sweet thought here, however: there will be a resurrection not only of bodies, but characters. This should be a great comfort to a man who has been abused and slandered (see Matthew13:43). The world may think you vile, but if you have been upright, in the day when the graves give up their dead, this open sepulchre of the sinner’s throat will be compelled to give up your heavenly character, and you will be honored in the sight of men. They flatter with their tongue. A smooth tongue is a great evil; there are human anteaters that with their long tongues covered with oily words entice the unwary and make their gain thereby.

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