Psalms 59:12

¹⁰ My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.

¹¹ Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

¹³ Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

¹⁴ They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

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: By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
KJV: For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
WEB: For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
ASV: [For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
DARBY: [Because of] the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.
BLB: The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips; let them be captured in their pride and in the cursing and lies they recount.

ÅB: Hvert ord på deres lepper er en synd i deres munn; la dem så fanges i sitt overmot og for den forbannelses og løgns skyld som de fører i sin munn!
OTB: På grunn av synden i deres munner og ordene på deres lepper,
Måtte de bli fanget i sin stolthet,
Og på grunn av forbannelser og løgner som de taler.
B1930: Hvert ord på deres leber er en synd i deres munn; la dem så fanges i sitt overmot og for den forbannelses og løgns skyld som de fører i sin munn!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
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Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
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Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
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Hosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
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Matthew 12:36–37
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
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Psalms 120:3–4
What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
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Psalms 10:2
In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
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Psalms 140:9–10
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
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