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Psalm 59

Psa. 59:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forn the sin
chatta'ah (Hebrew #2403)
from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
KJV usage: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Pronounce: khat-taw-aw'
Origin: or chattacth {khat-tawth'}
of their 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
and the words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of their 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'}
let them even be taken
lakad (Hebrew #3920)
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV usage: X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Pronounce: law-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
in their pride
ga'own (Hebrew #1347)
the same as 1346
KJV usage: arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.
Pronounce: gaw-ohn'
Origin: from 1342
: and for cursing
'alah (Hebrew #423)
an imprecation
KJV usage: curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: from 422
and lying
kachash (Hebrew #3585)
literally, a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisy
KJV usage: leanness, lies, lying.
Pronounce: kakh'-ash
Origin: from 3584
which they speak
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 12:13• 13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)

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For the.
Psa. 64:7‑8• 7But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
 8By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away. (Psa. 64:7‑8)
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Psa. 79:12• 12And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. (Psa. 79:12)
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Psa. 120:3‑4• 3What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
 4Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood. (Psa. 120:3‑4)
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Psa. 140:9‑10• 9As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
 10Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep waters, that they rise not up again. (Psa. 140:9‑10)
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Prov. 12:13• 13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)
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Prov. 18:7• 7A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul. (Prov. 18:7)
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Matt. 12:36‑37• 36But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
 37for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 12:36‑37)
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Matt. 27:25,63• 25And all the people answering said, His blood be on us and on our children.
 63saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise. (Matt. 27:25,63)
taken.
Psa. 10:2• 2The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined. (Psa. 10:2)
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Prov. 6:2• 2thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. (Prov. 6:2)
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Prov. 11:6• 6The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving. (Prov. 11:6)
cursing.
Psa. 109:17‑18• 17And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.
 18And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones; (Psa. 109:17‑18)
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Hos. 4:2• 2Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery,--they break out; and blood toucheth blood. (Hos. 4:2)
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Luke 23:5• 5But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here. (Luke 23:5)
• The words of their lips betray the pride of their hearts. Their profanity and deceit call aloud for a judgment that will make manifest that God rules in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. (“Psalms 59” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lipsd, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "[Because] the sin of their mouth is the word of their lips."