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Psalms 64:8
8Their own evil words will turn against them and make them fall. Everyone who sees 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 think of wicked ideas to hurt people. They say, ‘That is a great idea!’ Nobody really understands what people think deep inside themselves. 7But God will punish them! He will suddenly shoot an arrow at them and it will hurt them a lot. Their own evil words will turn against them and make them fall. Everyone who sees them will shake their heads. 9People will be afraid. They will say, ‘Look at what God has done!’ They will think carefully about it all. 10But people who serve the Lord should be happy because of what he has done. They should trust him to keep them safe. Good, honest people should praise God, because he is great!
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 59:12They speak bad words that are evil. Let their own pride catch them in a trap, because they curse people, and they tell lies.
- Psalms 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!
- Job 15:6I do not need to show that you are guilty. Your own words show that you are wrong.
- 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 21:41The Jewish leaders said to Jesus, ‘The master will completely destroy those bad people. Then he will give the garden to other farmers to take care of it. Those new farmers will give the master the fruit that he should have at the time of harvest.’
- Luke 19:22The king replied, “You are a very bad servant! I will use your own words to show you that you have done the wrong thing. You say that I tell people what they should do all the time. That I take things that I did not work for. That I take food from fields where I did not plant any seed. Did you know all that about me?
- Psalms 31:11All my enemies hate me. My friends insult me. Everyone who knows me is afraid of me. They run away when they see me in the street.
- Psalms 52:6Righteous people will see what has happened, and they will be afraid. Then they will laugh at the wicked person, and they will say,
- Numbers 16:34When the other Israelites heard those men shout, they ran away quickly. They were saying, ‘Help! The ground might eat us too!’
- 1 Samuel 31:3The Philistines were fighting the battle all around Saul. Some of their soldiers saw Saul and they shot their arrows at him. The arrows hurt Saul very much and he was nearly dead.
- Nahum 3:7When people see you, they will run away. And they will say, ‘They have destroyed Nineveh. Nobody will be sad.’ There will be nobody to help you.
- Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice which spoke from heaven. It said: ‘My people, leave the city! Come out! Do not do the bad things that the people of that city have done. Then you will not receive the terrible troubles that God sends to them.
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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