Proverbs 8:7 - Exposition

Another coordinate reason for attention. My mouth; chek, "palate" ( Proverbs 5:3 , where see note); the organ of speech. Shall speak truth; emeth (see on Proverbs 3:3 ). The verb הָגָה ( hagah ) properly means "to speak with one's self," "to meditate;" and so the versions translate here, meditabitur, μελετήσει ; but this idea is not appropriate to the word joined with it, "the palate," and it must be taken to signify to utter, as in Psalms 35:28 ; Psalms 37:30 , etc. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. Resha, "wickedness," is the contrary of moral truth and right. Septuagint, "False lips are abominable in my sight."