Psalms 109:2

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

In Context

1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:3Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”

Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Psalms 52:4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:2-6

Appeal to God Against Enemies. 1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. It is the unspeakable comfort of all good people that, whoever is against them, God… Read the whole commentary →

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