Psalms 140:9
The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
Young's Literal Translation
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 5:14And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, 'Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;' and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.
Psalms 7:16Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
Psalms 94:23And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
Proverbs 10:11A fountain of life [is] the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, 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 →