Psalms 109:2

Psalms 109:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
• New Living Translation (NLT)while the wicked slander me and tell lies about me.

Context of Psalms 109:2

1My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent, for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues. 3With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause. 4In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

Psalms 109:2 word by word

כִּ֤י פִ֪י רָשָׁ֡ע וּֽפִי־מִ֭רְמָה עָלַ֣י פָּתָ֑חוּ דִּבְּר֥וּ אִ֝תִּ֗י לְשׁ֣וֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• of the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• of the deceitfulמִרְמָהmirmâh · deceitH4820
• are openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• against me: they have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• against me with a lyingשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956

Cross-references for Psalms 109:2

• Psalms 31:13For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
• Psalms 64:3They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
• Psalms 140:3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
• 2 Samuel 15:3Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.”
• 2 Samuel 17:1Ahithophel said to Absalom, “I would choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
• Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
• Matthew 26:59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
• Psalms 120:3What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
• Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
• Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
• Jeremiah 9:3“They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.
• Acts 6:13They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Commentaries on Psalms 109:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The mouth of the wicked and - the deceitful are opened against me - Many persons are continually uttering calumnies against me. Thou knowest my heart and its innocence; vindicate my uprightness against these calumniators.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful - literally, “The mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit.” This acquaints us with the nature of the wrong which had been done him. It was slander; undeserved reproach. Are opened against me - Margin, “have opened;” that is, have opened themselves. They have spoken against me with a lying tongue - They have accused me of things which are not true; they have made false charges against me…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31The psalmist starts this lament by accusing his accusers of repaying good with evil (Psalm 109:1–5). At the end of the psalm, he prays to the Lord, seeking protection (Psalm 109:21–25) and vengeance (109:26–31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. For the mouth ... opened--or, "They have opened a wicked mouth" against me--literally, "with me," that is, Their intercourse is lying, or, they slander me to my face (Mt 26:59).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 109:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Enemy
• Falsehood
• Malice
• Slander

In the dictionaries

• God
• Psalms, Book of
• Tongue

Commentaries on Psalms 109

• 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
• EGW Writings