King James Version
Psalms 59:12 in the King James Version says “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 ...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 59 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. enemies: Heb. observers
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
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.
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.
And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For the sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
“of their mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“and the words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“of their lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“let them even be taken”
H3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
“and lying”
H3585literally a failure of flesh, i.e., emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisy
“which they speak”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
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