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Psalms 50:20

50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. givest: Heb. sendest
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

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You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

What does Psalms 50:20 mean?

Psalms 50:20 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָשַׁב (yâshab), דָבַר (dâbar), אָח (ʼâch). It connects to 8 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Thou
sittestיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
and
speakestדָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
against
thy
brother;אָחʼâch/awkh/H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
thouנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
slanderestדׇּפִיdophîy/dof'-ee/H1848a stumbling-block
thine
own
mother'sאֵםʼêm/ame/H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
son.בֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

Commentary on Psalms 50:20

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 50:20
een proved," upon it. The second verse of this psalm is almost the very same with the ninth verse of the foregoing psalm, as the fifth of this is exactly the same with the eleventh of that. Christ himself, who had the Spirit without measure, when there was occasion prayed a second and third time "saying the same words," Matt. xxvi. 44 . In this psalm. I. David appeals to God concerning the injuries that were done him by his enemies, ver. 1, 2 . II. He prays to God to restore to him the free enjoyment of public ordinances again, and promises to make a good improvement of them, ver. 3, 4 . III. He endeavours to still the tumult of his own spirit with a lively hope and confidence in God ( ver. 5 ), and if, in singing this psalm, we labour after these, we sing with grace in our hearts. Appeals and Petitions. 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 O send out

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Exodus 15:2

The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Psalms 28:7

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Psalms 42:9

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Isaiah 45:24

Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. Surely: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the LORD is all righteousness and strength righteousness: Heb. righteousnesses

Zechariah 10:12

And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 50:20.

Genesis 24:55

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. a few: or, a full year, or ten months

Genesis 10:21

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Genesis 10:25

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. Peleg: that is Division

Genesis 14:12

And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

Genesis 16:3

And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

Genesis 20:16

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

Genesis 21:21

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Genesis 23:13

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

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What does Psalms 50:20 say?

Psalms 50:20 (King James Version) reads: "Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son."

Is Psalms 50:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 50:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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