Psalms 59:12

Psalms 59:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for the cursing and lying which they speak.

Context of Psalms 59:12

10My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes. 11Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter. 13Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah 14They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

Psalms 59:12 word by word

חַטַּאת־פִּ֗ימוֹ דְּֽבַר־שְׂפָ֫תֵ֥ימוֹ וְיִלָּכְד֥וּ בִגְאוֹנָ֑ם וּמֵאָלָ֖ה וּמִכַּ֣חַשׁ יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

• By the sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• of their mouthsפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• and the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of their lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• let them be trappedלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• in their prideגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• in the cursesאָלָה'âlâh · oathH423
• and liesכַּ֫חַשׁkachash · lieH3585
• they utterסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608

Cross-references for Psalms 59:12

• Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
• Psalms 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
• Psalms 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
• Psalms 140:9May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
• Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
• Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Matthew 12:36But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
• Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
• Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
• Proverbs 6:2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
• Proverbs 11:6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
• Psalms 109:17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
• Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
• Luke 23:5But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

Commentaries on Psalms 59:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12For the sin of their mouth - This verse has puzzled all the commentators. If we take חטאת chattath for sin-offering instead of sin, we shall get a better sense. Some of Nehemiah's enemies made a profession of the Jewish religion. Tobiah and his son were allied by marriage to the Jews; for Eliashib the priest had married his grandson to the daughter of Sanballat; and this produced a connection with Tobiah, the fast friend of Sanballat. Besides this very…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For the sin of their mouth … - That is, in belching out words of reproach and malice, Psalm 59:7. Let them even be taken in their pride - In the very midst of their schemes, or while confidently relying on the success of their plans. Even while their hearts are elated, and they are sure of success, let them be arrested, and let their plans be foiled. And for cursing and lying which they speak - That is, on account of the false charges which they have…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, in whom we shall be safe. It is very comfortable to us, in prayer, to look to God as the God of our mercy, the Author of all good in us, and the Giver of all good to us. The wicked can never be satisfied, which is the greatest misery in a poor condition. A contented man, if he has not what he would have, yet he does not quarrel with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13The psalmist prays that the wicked will suffer the same pain they have caused others.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. let them even be ... taken in their pride--while evincing it--that is, to be punished for their lies, &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 59:12

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Character
• Falsehood
• Speaking

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Commentaries on Psalms 59

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary