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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;{HR}But a righteous [man] shall come out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)

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For the.
Psa. 64:7‑8• 7But God shall shoot at them:{HR}[With] an arrow suddenly the wounds have been theirs.
 8And they shall be made to stumble,{HR}Their own tongue against them;{HR}All that see them shall flee away. (Psa. 64:7‑8)
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Psa. 79:12• 12And render to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom{HR}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,{HR}What shall be added unto thee,{HR}O tongue of deceit?
 4A mighty one's arrows sharpened,{HR}With coals of broom. (Psa. 120:3‑4)
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Psa. 140:9‑10• 9[As for] the head of my surroundings,{HR}Let the mischief of their lips cover them.
 10Let burning coals be cast upon them;{HR}Let them be cast into the fire,{HR}Into deep water that they rise not. (Psa. 140:9‑10)
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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. 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• 2In the pride of the wicked he doth hotly pursue the poor;{HR}They are taken in the very devices they devised. (Psa. 10:2)
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Prov. 6:2• 2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,{HR}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;{HR}But the treacherous are taken in their own craving. (Prov. 11:6)
cursing.
Psa. 109:17‑18• 17And he loved cursing; for (and) it came to him:{HR}And he delighted not in blessing:{HR}So it was far from him.
 18And he put on cursing as his garment,{HR}And it came like the water into his midst,{HR}And like the 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, burst out, and blood toucheth on blood (Hos. 4:2)
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Luke 23:5• 5But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee as far as this. (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. (“Psalm 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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The sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips;{HR}And they shall be taken in their pride,{HR}And for cursing and falsehood they will tell.