Psalms 140:9

140:8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. lest: or, let them not be exalted

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

What does Psalms 140:9 mean?

Psalms 140:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh), מֵסַב (mêçab), עָמָל (ʻâmâl).

Hebrew interlinear

for

the

headרֹאשׁrôʼsh/roshe/H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

those

that

compass

about,מֵסַבmêçab/may-sab'/H4524a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around

let

the

mischiefעָמָלʻâmâl/aw-mawl'/H5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

their

own

lipsשָׂפָהsâphâh/saw-faw'/H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

coverכָּסָהkâçâh/kaw-saw'/H3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

them.

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 140:9.

Exodus 28:32

And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

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What does Psalms 140:9 say?

Psalms 140:9 (King James Version) reads: "As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them."

Is Psalms 140:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 140:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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