Psalms 31:18
16 Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
17 O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
19 How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- KJV
- Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- WEB
- Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
- ASV
- Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
- DARBY
- Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
- BLB
- Let the lips of falsehood become dumb, those speaking against the righteous [with] arrogance, with pride and contempt.
- ÅB
- La løgnens lepper bli målløse,
de som taler frekt imot den rettferdige
med overmot og forakt! - OTB
- La de svikefulle leppene bli tause,
Som taler hovmodig mot de rettferdige
Med stolthet og forakt. - B1930
- La løgnens leber bli målløse, som taler frekt imot den rettferdige med overmot og forakt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
Read in contextPsalms 94:4
They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 64:3–4
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Read in contextActs 25:7
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
Read in contextRevelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Read in contextJohn 8:48
The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
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