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Psalm 140

Sal. 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.
Sal. 7:16• 16Su trabajo se tornará sobre su cabeza, Y su agravio descenderá sobre su mollera. (Sal. 7:16)
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Sal. 64:8• 8Y harán caer sobre sí sus mismas lenguas: Se espantarán todos los que los vieren. (Sal. 64:8)
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Sal. 94:23• 23Y él hará tornar sobre ellos su iniquidad, Y los destruirá por su propia maldad; Los talará Jehová nuestro Dios. (Sal. 94:23)
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Est. 5:14• 14Y díjole Zeres su mujer, y todos sus amigos: Hagan una horca alta de cincuenta codos, y mañana di al rey que cuelguen á Mardochêo en ella; y entra con el rey al banquete alegre. Y plugo la cosa en los ojos de Amán, é hizo preparar la horca. (Est. 5:14)
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Est. 7:10• 10Así colgaron á Amán en la horca que él había hecho aparejar para Mardochêo; y apaciguóse la ira del rey. (Est. 7:10)
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Pr. 10:6,11• 6Bendiciones sobre la cabeza del justo: Mas violencia cubrirá la boca de los impíos.
 11Vena de vida es la boca del justo: Mas violencia cubrirá la boca de los impíos. (Pr. 10:6,11)
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Pr. 12:13• 13El impío es enredado en la prevaricación de sus labios: Mas el justo saldrá de la tribulación. (Pr. 12:13)
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Pr. 18:7• 7La boca del necio es quebrantamiento para sí, Y sus labios son lazos para su alma. (Pr. 18:7)
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Mt. 27:25• 25Y respondiendo todo el pueblo, dijo: Su sangre sea sobre nosotros, y sobre nuestros hijos. (Mt. 27:25)
• 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)
• (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)

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.