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

16My times are in Your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my foes and from those who pursue me. 17Make Your face shine on Your servant. Save me in Your lovingkindness. Adonai, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon You. Let the wicked be ashamed— let them be silent in Sheol. 19Let the lying lips be mute. For they speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt. 20How great is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who fear You, which You have given to those who take refuge in You, before the children of men.

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 12:3Everyone tells a lie to his neighbor, talking with flattering lips and a divided heart.
• Psalms 59:12Do not slay them, lest my people forget. With Your power shake them and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
• Psalms 63:11They will be gutted by the sword, and become a prey for jackals.
• Psalms 140:9Grant not, Adonai, the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plan succeed, or they will exalt themselves. Selah
• Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue for only a moment.
• Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you will prosper and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Adonai’s servants— their vindication is from Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks lies he is just being himself—for he is a liar and the father of lies.
• Revelation 21:8But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which 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 64:3Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,
• Psalms 123:3Show us favor, Adonai, show us favor! For we have endured much contempt.
• 1 Samuel 2:3Boast no more so proudly— insolence comes out of your mouth. For Adonai is the all-knowing God, and by Him deeds are weighed.
• 2 Chronicles 32:16His servants spoke further against Adonai Elohim and against His servant Hezekiah.
• Isaiah 37:22this is the word that Adonai has spoken about him: “The virgin Daughter of Zion will despise you and mock you. The daughter of Jerusalem will shake her head at 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 the members of his household!
• Matthew 12:24But hearing this, the Pharisees said, “This fellow drives out demons only by 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