Psalms 59:7

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They return in the evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.

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  • Ps 57:4 : 4 He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.
  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He says in his heart, 'God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it.'
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Ps 73:11 : 11 They say, 'How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?'
  • Ps 94:4 : 4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
  • Ps 94:7-9 : 7 They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive." 8 Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand? 9 Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?
  • Ps 109:2-3 : 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.
  • Ps 10:13 : 13 Why does the wicked spurn God? He says in his heart, 'You will not call me to account.'
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has violated his covenant.
  • Ps 64:3-5 : 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness. 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows. 5 They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.
  • Job 22:12-13 : 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? Look at the distant stars; how high they are! 13 But you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through such thick darkness?'
  • Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
  • Jer 33:24 : 24 Have you not noticed what these people are saying: 'The Lord has rejected the two families he chose'? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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    9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth.

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    16 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

    17 They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

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  • 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.

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    2 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence.

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    11 They track my every step; they surround me and set their eyes to bring me down to the ground.

  • 16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

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    13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."

    14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

  • 36 A sword is against her diviners, and they will act foolishly. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be shattered.

  • 8 But God will shoot them with an arrow; suddenly, they will be struck down.

  • 9 Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • 16 All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and grind their teeth, saying, 'We have swallowed her up. Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.'

  • 5 This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim peace when they have something to eat but prepare for war against those who do not feed them.

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    2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

    3 Everyone speaks falsehood to their neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

    4 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks with arrogance.

  • 13 Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

  • 6 May the high praises of God be in their throats and a two-edged sword in their hands,

  • 12 Her rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

  • 4 Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open wide your mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of rebellion, offspring of deceit?

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    20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

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    14 consume them in your wrath; consume them till they are no more. Then they will know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth, Selah.

    15 They return at evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.

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  • 7 They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats.

  • 10 Confuse, O Lord, and divide their speech, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

  • 5 You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

  • 4 How long will you assault a man? Would you all throw him down—like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

  • 28 His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He will sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and place a bridle in the jaws of the peoples, leading them astray.