Psalms 140:11
A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence — evil hunteth to overflowing.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.
Cross References
Psalms 9:16Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
Psalms 34:21Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.
Proverbs 12:13In transgression of the lips [is] the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
Proverbs 17:20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked — evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.
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 →