Psalms 35:20
For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
In Context
21Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
Cross References
Psalms 31:13For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
Psalms 38:12They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
Psalms 64:4to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
Psalms 140:2those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
Daniel 6:5Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:18-28
Sorrowful Complaints; David's Appeal and Prayer to God. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth… Read the whole commentary →