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Psalms 64:8
8They will be made to stumble; their own tongues work against them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Psalms 64:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- New International Version (NIV)He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So He will make them stumble over their own tongue; All who see them shall flee away.
Context of Psalms 64:8
6They devise crimes and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” The inner man and the heart are mysterious. 7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly, they will be wounded. They will be made to stumble; their own tongues work against them. All who see them will shake their heads. 9Then everyone will fear and will tell about God’s work, for they will understand what he has done. 10The righteous one rejoices in the Lord and takes refuge in him; all those who are upright in heart will offer praise.
Read all of Psalms 64Psalms 64:8 word by word
וַיַּכְשִׁיל֣וּהוּ עָלֵ֣ימוֹ לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם יִ֝תְנֹדֲד֗וּ כָּל־רֹ֥אֵה בָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 64:8
- Psalms 59:12For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. They utter curses and lies.
- Psalms 140:9When those who surround me rise up, may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.
- Job 15:6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.
- Proverbs 12:13By rebellious speech an evil person is trapped, but a righteous person escapes from trouble.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his devastation, and his lips are a trap for his life.
- Matthew 21:41“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.”
- Luke 19:22“He told him, ‘I will condemn you by what you have said, you evil servant! If you knew I was a harsh man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,
- Psalms 31:11I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am dreaded by my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me.
- Psalms 52:6The righteous will see and fear, and they will derisively say about that hero,
- Numbers 16:34At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled because they thought, “The earth may swallow us too!”
- 1 Samuel 31:3When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers found him and severely wounded him.
- Nahum 3:7Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying, “Nineveh is devastated; who will show sympathy to her?” Where can I find anyone to comfort you?
- Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven: Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins or receive any of her plagues.
Commentaries on Psalms 64:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Their own tongue to fall upon them-selves - All the plottings, counsels, and curses, they have formed against me, shall come upon themselves.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves - In Psalm 64:3, their tongue is represented as a sword; and here, keeping up the figure, the tongue, as a sword, is represented as falling on them, or as inflicting the wound on themselves which they had intended to inflict on others. This might be rendered, “And they have cast him down; upon them is their own tongue;” or, “Upon them their own tongue has come.” That is, someone would cast them…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 When God brings upon men the mischiefs they have desired on others, it is weight enough to sink a man to the lowest hell. Those who love cursing, it shall come upon them. Those who behold this shall understand, and observe God's hand in all; unless we do so, we are not likely to profit by the dispensations of Providence. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord; not glad of the misery and ruin of their fellow-creatures, but glad that God is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10God acts righteously. God stops wickedness and gives the wicked what they intended for others.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. their ... tongue to fall, &c.--that is, the consequences of their slanders, &c. (compare Psa 10:2; 31:16). all that see ... away--Their partners in evil shall be terrified.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 64
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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