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Psalm 140

Psa. 140:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As for the head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of those that compass me about
mecab (Hebrew #4524)
or feminine mcibbowth {mes-ib-bohth'}; from 5437; a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around
KJV usage: that compass about, (place) round about, at table.
Pronounce: may-sab'
Origin: plural masculine mcibbiym {mes-ib-beem'}
, let the mischief
`amal (Hebrew #5999)
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
KJV usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
Pronounce: aw-mawl'
Origin: from 5998
of their own lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
cover
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
them.

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Ministry on This Verse

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let the mischief.
Psa. 7:16• 16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. (Psa. 7:16)
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Psa. 64:8• 8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. (Psa. 64:8)
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Psa. 94:23• 23And 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. (Psa. 94:23)
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Esther 5:14• 14Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. (Esther 5:14)
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Esther 7:10• 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. (Esther 7:10)
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Prov. 10:6,11• 6Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
 11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. (Prov. 10:6,11)
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Prov. 12:13• 13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)
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Prov. 18:7• 7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. (Prov. 18:7)
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Matt. 27:25• 25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. (Matt. 27:25)
• (vv. 9-11) He desires that the holy government of God against evil may take its course in regard to the wicked and that the mischief of their own lips may cover them, and those who lay snares to overthrow the godly may themselves he hunted by evil and overthrown. (“Psalms 140” by H. Smith)
• Compare Ps. 46:4-6, Nah. 1:7, Isa. 26:20-21, 37:33-35, Mic. 5:5. They plead for the Lord to destroy the head of the attacking armies that they might rejoice in thanksgiving to His name (vs. 9-13). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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