Psalms 50:19 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 50:19

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

KJV

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ASV

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

WEB

You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

YLT

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

DBT

Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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17 verses on the floor

Psalms 139:4
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Jeremiah 9:5
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Psalms 52:2–4
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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They are unworthy to use even the words of God's law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments. God, no longer (even in appearance) disregarding such, exposes their sins and threatens a terrible punishment.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

): " Thou givest thy mouth to evil, not only allowest thyself in, but addictest thyself wholly to, all manner of evil-speaking." [1.] Lying: Thy tongue frames deceit, which denotes contrivance and deliberation in lying.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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