Psalms 10:7 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

BSB

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ASV

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

KJV

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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Commentary

2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

Let us now hear the witnesses in court. Let the wretch speak for himself, for out of his own mouth he will be condemned. "His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud." There is not only a little evil there, but his mouth is full of it. A three-headed serpent hath stowed away its coils and venom within the den of its black mouth. There is cursing which he spits against both God and men, deceit with which he entraps the unwary, and fraud by which, even in his common dealings, he robs his neighbours.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The malignity and deceit (Ps 140:3) of such are followed by acts combining cunning, fraud, and violence (compare Pr 1:11, 18), aptly illustrated by the habits of the lion, and of hunters taking their prey. "Poor," in Ps 10:8, 10, 14, represents a word peculiar to this Psalm, meaning the sad or sorrowful; in Ps 10:9, as usual, it means the pious or meek sufferer.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָלָ֤ה	'a.Lah	a curse	H423 →
פִּ֣יהוּ	Pi.hu	mouth his	H6310 →
מָ֭לֵא	Ma.le'	it is full	H4390 →
וּמִרְמ֣וֹת	u.mir.Mot	and deceit<s>	H4820 →
וָתֹ֑ךְ	va.Tokh	and oppression	H8496 →
תַּ֥חַת	Ta.chat	[are] under	H8478 →
לְ֝שׁוֹנ֗וֹ	le.sho.No	tongue his	H3956 →
עָמָ֥ל	'a.Mal	mischief	H5999 →
וָאָֽוֶן׃	va.'A.ven	and wickedness	H205 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 59:12
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.
leads to
- Proverbs 12:13
  An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 140:9
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
leads to
- Proverbs 18:7
  A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 7:16
  His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Through
Psalms 7:14
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
leads to
- James 1:15
  Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- Job 15:35
  They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
- Isaiah 33:11
  You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
- Job 15:20
  A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
Through
Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:3
  “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About Psalms

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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