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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,{HR}And upon the crown of his head shall his violence come down. (Psa. 7:16)
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Psa. 64:8• 8And they shall be made to stumble,{HR}Their own tongue against them;{HR}All that see them shall flee away. (Psa. 64:8)
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Psa. 94:23• 23And he bringeth upon them their own iniquity,{HR}And will cut them off in their own evil;{HR}Jehovah our God will 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 in the morning 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] on the head of the righteous;{HR}But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
 11The mouth of a righteous one [is] a fountain of life;{HR}But the mouth of the wicked covereth violence. (Prov. 10:6,11)
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Prov. 12:13• 13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare;{HR}But a righteous [man] shall come out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)
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Prov. 18:7• 7A fool's mouth [is] his destruction,{HR}And his lips [are] a snare to his soul. (Prov. 18:7)
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Matt. 27:25• 25{i}And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children.{/i} (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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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[As for] the head of my surroundings,{HR}Let the mischief of their lips cover them.