Psalms 140:9
Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.
Catholic Public Domain 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
8For Lord, O Lord, my eyes look to you. In you, I have hoped. Do not take away my soul.
10The sinners will fall into his net. I am alone, until I pass over.
Cross References
Esther 5:14And Zeresh his wife and his other friends answered him, “Order a great beam to be prepared, having a height of fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, so that Mordecai may be hanged from it, and so you will go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This advice pleased him, and so he ordered a high cross to be prepared.
Psalms 7:16He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the just is a vein of life. And the mouth of the impious covers iniquity.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of the foolish is his destruction, and his own lips are the ruin 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 →