Psalms 59 · Verse 12

Psalms 59:12

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.

Psalms 59:12, King James Version

Psalms 59:12 in other translations

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.
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.
YLT	The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.
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.
BBE	Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,
Webster	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.

What does Psalms 59:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

12. let them even be ... taken in their pride--while evincing it--that is, to be punished for their lies, &c.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 For the sin of their mouth - This verse has puzzled all the commentators. If we take חטאת chattath for sin-offering instead of sin, we shall get a better sense. Some of Nehemiah's enemies made a profession of the Jewish religion. Tobiah and his son were allied by marriage to the Jews; for Eliashib the priest had married his grandson to the daughter of Sanballat; and this produced a connection with Tobiah, the fast friend of Sanballat. Besides this very priest had given Tobiah one of the great chambers in the house of the Lord, where formerly the meat-offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithe of the corn and wine and oil were kept; Neh 13:4, Neh 13:5, Neh 13:7-9. And there were children of Tobiah (probably the same family) who professed to be of the Levites, Nethinim, or children of Solomon's servants; but as they could not show their father's house and their seed, whether they were of Israel; these, and others which were children of the priests, were put out of the priesthood, and out of the sacred service, as polluted; as having sprung from intermarriages with heathens. See Ezr 2:59-62. Tobiah was expelled from the house of the Lord by Nehemiah, and all his household stuff thrown out of doors: Neh 13:7, Neh 13:8. And this was doubtless one ground of the enmity of Tobiah to Nehemiah; and in this verse of the Psalm he may allude particularly to his occupancy of the chamber of offerings, which offerings, instead of being given to the Levites, were consumed by Tobiah and his household. This may be fairly gathered from Neh 13:6, Neh 13:10, Neh 13:11. Here then we have the sin of their mouth; their eating the offerings that belonged to the Levites; so that the temple service was deserted, the Levites being obliged to go and till the ground in order to obtain the means of life. And if we take חטאת chattath for sin-offering, it may refer to promises of sacrifice and offering which Tobiah and his family made, but never performed. They ate instead of offering them; and here was the sin of their mouth, in connection with the words of their lips, and their cursing and lying which they spake, for which the psalmist calls upon the Lord to consume them, that they may not be, Psa 59:13.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 59:8-17

It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, in whom we shall be safe. It is very comfortable to us, in prayer, to look to God as the God of our mercy, the Author of all good in us, and the Giver of all good to us. The wicked can never be satisfied, which is the greatest misery in a poor condition. A contented man, if he has not what he would have, yet he…

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Psalms 59:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חַטַּאת\־cha.tat-[the] sin ofH2403

פִּ֗ימוֹpi.momouth theirH6310

דְּֽבַר\־de.var-[the] word ofH1697

שְׂפָ֫תֵ֥ימוֹse.Fa.Tei.movlips theirH8193

וְיִלָּכְד֥וּve.yi.la.khe.Duand let them be caughtH3920

בִגְאוֹנָ֑םvig.'o.Namin pride theirH1347

וּמֵאָלָ֖הu.me.'a.Lahand from a curseH423

וּמִכַּ֣חַשׁu.mi.Ka.chashand from lyingH3585

יְסַפֵּֽרוּ\׃ye.sa.Pe.ru[which] they speakH5608

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Cross references for Psalms 59:12

Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Matthew 12:36-37
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Psalms 120:3-4
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Psalms 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 140:9-10
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Luke 23:5
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
Psalms 109:17-18
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Zephaniah 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
Psalms 79:12
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For the.
64:7,8; 79:12; 120:3,4; 140:9,10; Pr 12:13; 18:7; Mt 12:36,37
Mt 27:25,63
taken.
10:2; Pr 6:2; 11:6
cursing.
109:17,18; Ho 4:2; Lu 23:5

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Context

Psalms 59:11
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 59:12
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.
Psalms 59:13
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

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Psalms 59:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Por el pecado de su boca, por la palabra de sus labios; y sean presos por su soberbia, y por la maldición y mentira que profieren.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ne les tue pas, de peur que mon peuple ne l’oublie; fais-les errer par ta puissance, et abats-les, ô Seigneur, notre bouclier!
German Elberfelder 1871	Sünde ihres Mundes ist das Wort ihrer Lippen; so laß sie gefangen werden in ihrem Hochmut und wegen des Fluches und wegen der Lüge, die sie aussprechen!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	nonne tu, Deus, qui repulisti nos? et non egredieris, Deus, in virtutibus nostris?