Psalms 140:9
As for the head of those who encompass me around, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
In Context
Cross References
Esther 5:14Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go thou in merrily with the king to the banquet. And t
Psalms 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.
Psalms 94:23And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. LORD our God will cut them off.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 140:9-13
Shame and Confusion of Persecutors. 8 Grant not, O Lord , the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of… Read the whole commentary →