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Psalms 59:12
12Because of the sinful things they say, because of the evil that is on their lips, let them be captured by their pride, their curses, and their lies.
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
10In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me. He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies. 11Don’t kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons; stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees, O Lord our shield. Because of the sinful things they say, because of the evil that is on their lips, let them be captured by their pride, their curses, and their lies. 13Destroy them in your anger! Wipe them out completely! Then the whole world will know that God reigns in Israel. Interlude 14My enemies come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets.
Read all of Psalms 59Psalms 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 himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down.
- Psalms 79:12O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times for the scorn they have hurled at you.
- Psalms 120:3O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?
- Psalms 140:9Let my enemies be destroyed by the very evil they have planned for me.
- Proverbs 12:13The wicked are trapped by their own words, but the godly escape such trouble.
- Proverbs 18:7The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.
- Matthew 12:36And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak.
- Matthew 27:25And all the people yelled back, “We will take responsibility for his death—we and our children!”
- Psalms 10:2The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
- Proverbs 6:2if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said—
- Proverbs 11:6The godliness of good people rescues them; the ambition of treacherous people traps them.
- Psalms 109:17He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don’t you bless him.
- Hosea 4:2You make vows and break them; you kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere— one murder after another.
- Luke 23:5Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes—all over Judea, from Galilee 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
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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
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