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

10Yes God, you love me with a faithful love, and you will come to help me. God will let me see that he has won against my enemies. 11Do not kill them yet, or my people will soon forget. Use your power to send them away without homes. Then make them fall! You are our Lord who keeps us safe like a soldier's shield. They speak bad words that are evil. Let their own pride catch them in a trap, because they curse people, and they tell lies. 13Because you are angry with them, destroy them! Destroy them completely, so that they are no more. Then everybody will know that God rules in Israel, and he rules everywhere in the earth. Selah. 14Those bad people come back to the city every evening. They go from place to place, and they cry out like dogs.

Psalms 59:12 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• the sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• of their mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of their lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• let them even be takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• in their prideגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• and for cursingאָלָה'âlâh · oathH423
• and lyingכַּ֫חַשׁkachash · lieH3585
• they speakסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608

Cross-references for Psalms 59:12

• Psalms 64:7But God will punish them! He will suddenly shoot an arrow at them and it will hurt them a lot.
• Psalms 79:12Lord, those countries near to us have insulted you. Punish them as they deserve, seven times over! Give them as much trouble as they have given to you.
• Psalms 120:3How will God punish you, you people who deceive others? He will punish you properly!
• 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 12:13The lies of evil people put them in trouble. But righteous people escape from trouble.
• Proverbs 18:7When a fool speaks, he is destroying himself. His own words are a trap that catches him.
• Matthew 12:36I tell you this: One day, God will judge everybody. On that day, he will ask you about every useless word that you have spoken.
• Matthew 27:25All the people answered Pilate, ‘Yes, God should punish us and our children, if we have done the wrong thing.’
• Psalms 10:2Wicked people are cruel to poor people. They use their evil ideas to take hold of weak people.
• Proverbs 6:2Then what you have promised to do may become a trap that catches you.
• Proverbs 11:6When honest people are righteous, that will keep them safe. But the bad things that wicked people want will catch them in a trap.
• Psalms 109:17He loved to curse people. Now may those curses happen to him! He never asked God to bless other people, so nobody will ask God to bless him!
• Hosea 4:2They curse people, they tell lies, they murder people, they rob people. They are guilty of adultery. They continue to kill more and more people.
• Luke 23:5But they continued to speak strongly to him. They said, ‘He makes the people angry and ready to fight against the government. He has taught these bad things everywhere in Judea. He started in Galilee and now he has come to Jerusalem.’

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