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Verse 2

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me ,.... Or "of deceit" F24 פי מרמה "os doli", Vatablus, Cocceius; "os fraudis", Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth. itself; most wicked and very deceitful men, who sometimes flattered and pretended friendship, as the Jews did to Christ, when they designed ill against him; though at other times their mouths were opened, and they poured out their calumnies and reproaches very freely and largely; traducing his person, and aspersing his character as a wicked man; blaspheming his miracles, as if done by the help of the devil; charging his doctrine with novelty, falsehood, and blasphemy; loading him with invidious names, as Samaritan, madman, &c; representing him as an enemy to the state, as a seditious person, and a disturber of the nation's peace; particularly their mouths were opened against him when they called for his crucifixion, and would have no denial; and especially when he was on the cross, where they gaped upon him with their mouths, and poured out their scoffs and jeers at him; see Psalm 22:14 .

They have spoken against me with a lying tongue , false witnesses rose up against him, and laid things to his charge he knew nothing of, and which they could not prove, Matthew 26:59 .

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