Psalms 31:18

Psalms 31:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
• New International Version (NIV)Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let the lying lips be put to silence, Which speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Context of Psalms 31:18

16Turn towards me, your servant, and be kind to me! Keep me safe, because of your faithful love. 17Lord, do not let me become ashamed. I call to you for help. Cause evil people to become ashamed. Let them go to their graves and be silent there! May people that tell lies become silent. They insult righteous people. They are proud people, and they boast about themselves. 19You have prepared many good things to bless people who respect you. While everyone watches, you bless those who come to you for help. 20You give them a place to hide, and you keep them safe with you. When their enemies want to attack them, you take care of them. When their enemies speak lies against them, they are safe with you.

Psalms 31:18 word by word

תֵּ֥אָלַ֗מְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֫י שָׁ֥קֶר הַדֹּבְר֖וֹת עַל־צַדִּ֥יק עָתָ֗ק בְּגַאֲוָ֥ה וָבֽוּז׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let the lyingשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• be put to silenceאָלַם'âlam · be dumbH481
• which speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• grievousעָתָק‛âthâq · arrogantH6277
• things proudlyגַּאֲוָהga'ăvâh · prideH1346
• and contemptuouslyבּוּזbûz · contemptH937
• against the righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662

Cross-references for Psalms 31:18

• Psalms 12:3Lord, please shut their mouths! When they deceive people or they boast, stop them doing that!
• Psalms 59:12They speak bad words that are evil. Let their own pride catch them in a trap, because they curse people, and they tell lies.
• Psalms 63:11But the king will sing songs to praise God. Everybody who promises to serve God will speak aloud to praise him. But everyone who tells lies will not be able to say anything!
• Psalms 140:9Give trouble to the people who come round me to attack! Let the bad things that they say against me happen to them instead!
• Proverbs 12:19True words continue to be true for ever. But people quickly see that lies are lies.
• Isaiah 54:17But nobody can make a weapon that will beat you, when your enemies attack you. If people accuse you of bad things, you will show that they are wrong. That is what the Lord will do as a gift for his servants. Yes, I will show that they are right.’ That is what the Lord says.
• John 8:44You belong to your father, the Devil, and you want to do the things that he wants. From the beginning, he has been someone who murders people. He refuses to accept the truth, because there is nothing true in him. When he tells lies, he is showing what he is really like. He always tells lies. He is the father of all lies.
• Revelation 21:8But I will punish other people. They include: people who are afraid of trouble; people who do not believe in Jesus; people who do disgusting things; people who murder other people; people who have sex in a wrong way; people who use magic to hurt people; people who worship idols; people who tell lies. All these people will go into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur. That is the second death for people.’
• Revelation 22:15But other people must stay outside the city: wicked people; people who do magic; people who have sex in a wrong way; people who murder other people; people who worship idols; everyone who likes to tell lies and deceive people.
• Psalms 64:3Their tongues are like sharp swords that hurt people. Their cruel words are like arrows that they shoot at people.
• Psalms 123:3Please be kind to us, Lord. Please forgive us. People have insulted us more and more!
• 1 Samuel 2:3Do not boast or speak proud words! The Lord is a God who knows everything. He judges everything that people do.
• 2 Chronicles 32:16King Sennacherib's men continued to insult the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.
• Isaiah 37:22This is the Lord's reply. The Lord says this about King Sennacherib: “The holy people of Zion laugh at you! They think that you are useless. Yes, the people of Jerusalem shake their heads as you run away.
• Matthew 10:25A student should be happy if he becomes like his teacher. A servant should be happy if he becomes like his master. People have called me, the master of the house, Beelzebul. You are like those people who live in my house. So do not be surprised when people call you even worse names than they call me.
• Matthew 12:24The Pharisees also heard about what had happened. They said, ‘This man can send bad spirits out of people only because Beelzebul gives him authority. That is Satan, the one who rules all the bad spirits.’

Commentaries on Psalms 31:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Let the lying lips be put to silence - As to my enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, abate their pride, assuage their malice, and confound their devices. See Jeremiah 18:18.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Let the lying lips be put to silence - See the notes at Psalm 12:2-3. The lips which speak lies. The reference here is especially to those who had spoken in this manner against the psalmist himself, though he makes the language general, or prays in general that God would silence all liars: a prayer certainly in which all persons may properly join. Which speak grievous things - Margin, “a hard thing.” The Hebrew word - עתק ‛âthâq - means “bold, impudent…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffered for ours. David's friends durst not give him any assistance. Let us not think it strange if thus deserted, but make sure of a Friend in heaven who will not fail. God will be sure to order and dispose all for the best, to all those who commit their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-18Hope does not trust weak and unreliable human beings. It trusts only in the Lord. The suffering person places his life in God’s hands while he waits for the Lord to bring justice.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. In his profession of trust he includes the terms of the prayer expressing it.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 31:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Falsehood
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• David
• Brokenhearted
• Grievous; Grievously; Greievousness
• Lip
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• contempt, contemptible, not worth listening to

Commentaries on Psalms 31

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings