Psalms 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
KJV
Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.
Vulgate
φύλαξόν με ἀπὸ παγίδος ἧς συνεστήσαντό μοι, καὶ ἀπὸ σκανδάλων τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν.
LXX
As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
ASV
אַל תִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֭הוָה מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע זְמָמ֥/וֹ אַל תָּ֝פֵ֗ק יָר֥וּמוּ סֶֽלָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
וֹ
v
pronoun · 1×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָּ֥פֶק
ypq
verb · 7×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י
m'vyy
noun · 1×
סֶֽלָה
slh
particle · 71×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:23 — Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
- Esth 7:10 — So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
- Prov 10:6 — Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Prov 10:11 — The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Prov 12:13 — The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
- Prov 18:7 — A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
- Prov 18:7 — A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
- Ps 5:10 — Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
- Ps 7:15 — He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- Ps 7:16 — His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
- Ps 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Ps 31:18 — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- Ps 64:8 — So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Ps 64:8 — So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Ps 94:23 — And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
- Ps 109:29 — Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
- Ps 141:10 — Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.