Psalms 140:9 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 140:9

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

KJV

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ASV

As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

WEB

May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

YLT

The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

DBT

[As for] the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

About this book

Old Testament

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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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Cross-references

23 verses on the floor

Psalms 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Psalms 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Psalms 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Psalms 5:10
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

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

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Voices2

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

) names both Doeg and Ahithophel; but between them there was a great distance of time. Violent men are evil men. But there were many besides this one who were confederate against David, who are here represented as the genuine offspring and seed of the serpent.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And the fire they shall be cast into is not a furnace of fire, out of which perhaps they might escape, but a deep pit, out of which they cannot rise. Tophet is said to be deep and large, Isa. xxx. (2.) Of all others that are like them,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 140:9PRO 12:13 PSA 64:8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 140:9PRO 18:7 PRO 13:3
PSA 140:9PSA 94:23 PSA 7:16
PSA 140:9PRO 18:7 PRO 10:14
PSA 140:9PRO 10:6 DEU 28:2
PSA 140:9PRO 18:7 PRO 12:13
PSA 140:9PRO 12:13 PRO 21:23
PSA 140:9PSA 7:16 EST 9:25

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