Psalms 59:12

The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

In Context

11Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

13Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

Psalms 64:7And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

Psalms 109:17And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

Psalms 140:9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

Proverbs 11:6The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:9-17

Confidence in God. 8 But thou, O Lord , shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. 10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.… Read the whole commentary →

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