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Psalm 109

Psa. 109:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
and the mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
of βthe deceitful
mirmah (Hebrew #4820)
fraud
KJV usage: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Pronounce: meer-maw'
Origin: from 7411 in the sense of deceiving
γare opened
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
against me: they have spoken
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
against me with a lying
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
t tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
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deceit.
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have opened themselves.
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Matt. 26:60• 60And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward (Matt. 26:60)
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Acts 6:13• 13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law; (Acts 6:13)

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Ministry on This Verse

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the mouth.
Psa. 31:13,18• 13For I have heard the slander of many--terror on every side--when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.
 18Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt. (Psa. 31:13,18)
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Psa. 64:3‑4• 3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
 4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. (Psa. 64:3‑4)
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Psa. 140:3• 3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psa. 140:3)
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2 Sam. 15:3‑8• 3And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man to hear thee appointed by the king.
 4And Absalom said, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any controversy and cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!
 5And it was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
 6And in this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
 7And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay in Hebron my vow which I have vowed to Jehovah.
 8For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode in Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah. (2 Sam. 15:3‑8)
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2 Sam. 17:1• 1And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night; (2 Sam. 17:1)
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Prov. 15:28• 28The heart of a righteous man studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. (Prov. 15:28)
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Matt. 26:59‑62• 59And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
 60And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward
 61and said, *He* said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it.
 62And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee? (Matt. 26:59‑62)
of the deceitful.
Heb. of deceit.
are opened.
Heb. haveopened themselves.
with.
Psa. 120:3• 3What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue? (Psa. 120:3)
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Prov. 6:17• 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; (Prov. 6:17)
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Prov. 12:19• 19The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment. (Prov. 12:19)
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Jer. 9:3,5• 3And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
 5And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing. (Jer. 9:3,5)
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Acts 6:13• 13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law; (Acts 6:13)
• The guilty nation, led by the mouth of the wicked man (singular), spoke against Christ with “a lying tongue.” (“Psalms 109” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against med with a lying tongue,

JND Translation Notes

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Or "to me."