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

16Smile on your servant! Deliver me because of your faithfulness! 17O Lord, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave! May lying lips be silenced – lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt! 19How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you. 20You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.

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 12:3May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
• Psalms 59:12They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!
• Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.
• Psalms 140:9As for the heads of those who surround me – may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!
• Proverbs 12:19The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.
• Isaiah 54:17No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the Lord will do for his servants – I will vindicate them,” says the Lord.
• John 8:44You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
• Revelation 21:8But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”
• Revelation 22:15Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
• Psalms 64:3They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
• Psalms 123:3Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.
• 1 Samuel 2:3Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly, letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.
• 2 Chronicles 32:16Sennacherib’s servants further insulted the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah.
• Isaiah 37:22this is what the Lord says about him: “The virgin daughter Zion despises you – she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.
• Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!
• Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

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