תהלים 31:18

Hebrew Modern Translation

תאלמנה שפתי שקר הדברות על צדיק עתק בגאוה ובוז׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
[31:19] שפתי-שקר הדברות על-צדיק עתק בגאוה ובוז

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
[31:19] תֵּ֥אָלַ֗מְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֫י שָׁ֥קֶר הַדֹּבְרֹ֖ות עַל־צַדִּ֥יק עָתָ֗ק בְּגַאֲוָ֥ה וָבֽוּז ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
[31:19] תֵּאָלַמְנָה שִׂפְתֵי שָׁקֶר הַדֹּבְרוֹת עַל־צַדִּיק עָתָק בְּגַאֲוָה וָבֽוּז ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the lying: Psalms 12:3, Psalms 59:12, Psalms 63:11, Psalms 140:9-11, Proverbs 12:19, Isaiah 54:17, John 8:44, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15

speak: Psalms 64:3, Psalms 64:4, Psalms 123:3, Psalms 123:4, 1 Samuel 2:3, 2 Chronicles 32:16, Isaiah 37:22-24, Matthew 10:25, Matthew 12:24, John 8:48, Acts 25:7

grievous things: Heb. a hard thing, Psalms 94:4, Jude 1:15

Reciprocal: Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 10:2 - The wicked Psalms 13:2 - exalted Psalms 17:10 - with Psalms 22:7 - shoot out Psalms 35:4 - confounded Psalms 40:14 - Let them be ashamed Psalms 50:20 - speakest Psalms 109:2 - the mouth Proverbs 10:31 - the froward Proverbs 14:3 - the mouth Obadiah 1:12 - thou have John 8:22 - Will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let the lying lips be put to silence,.... Being convicted of the lies told by them, and so silenced and confounded; or being cut off and destroyed, as all such will be in the Lord's own time, Psalms 12:3. It is very likely the psalmist may have respect either to Doeg the Edomite, who loved lying rather than righteousness; or to others that were about Saul, who lying said to him that David sought his harm, even to take away his kingdom and his life, Psalms 52:3;

which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous; meaning himself; not that he thought himself righteous in the sight of God by any righteousness of his own, but by the righteousness of Christ imputed to him; see Psalms 143:2. Though he may have regard here to the righteousness of his cause before men, and assert himself righteous, as he might with respect to the "grievous things", the hard and lying speeches, which were spoken against him, in a proud, haughty, and contemptuous manner. And it is no unusual thing for such false charges to be brought against righteous men; nay, such hard speeches were spoken by ungodly men against Jesus Christ the righteous himself, Judges 1:15. The Targum interprets it of "reproaches".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the lying lips be put to silence - See the notes at Psalms 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, wicked.” Gesenius, Lexicon. The phrase here means, therefore, to speak wickedly, or to speak in a bold, reckless, impudent manner; that is, without regard to the truth of what is said.

Proudly and contemptuously - Hebrew, in pride and contempt: that is, in a manner which shows that they are proud of themselves and despise others. Slander always perhaps implies this. People are secretly proud of themselves; or they “desire” to cherish an exalted opinion of themselves, and to have others entertain the same opinion of them; and hence, if they cannot exalt themselves by their own merit, as they wish, they endeavor to humble others below their real merit, and to a level lower than themselves, by detraction.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 31:18. Let 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.