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Psalms 17:10

8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

9 from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

11 They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

12 like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
KJV
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
WEB
They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
ASV
They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
DARBY
They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
BLB
Their fat they have closed up; their mouths they speak with pride.
ÅB
De lukker de fete hjertene sine,
og taler overmodig med munnen.
OTB
De har forherdet sine følelsesløse hjerter,
Med sine munner taler de arrogant.
B1930
Sitt fete hjerte lukker de til, med sin munn taler de overmodig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 2:3

    Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

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  • Psalms 123:4

    We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

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  • Psalms 31:18

    May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

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  • Revelation 13:5–6

    The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.

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  • Matthew 13:15

    For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

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  • 2 Peter 2:18

    With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

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  • Exodus 15:9

    The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

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  • Psalms 73:7–9

    From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

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