Psalms 31:18

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Let the lying li be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל־אֵ֭בוֹשָׁה כִּ֣י קְרָאתִ֑יךָ יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יִדְּמ֥וּ לִשְׁאֽוֹל׃

Transliteration

YHWH not-ʾēbôšâ for qərāʾtîkā; yēbōšû rəšāʿîm yiddəmû to-šəʾôl

Grammar Details

• *ʾēbôšâ*: verb, imperfect/cohortative 1st person singular with negative particle - let me not be put to shame
• *qərāʾtîkā*: verb, perfect 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I have called you
• *yēbōšû*: verb, imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be put to shame
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *yiddəmû*: verb, imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be silent
• *šəʾôl*: noun, feminine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to Sheol

Word Meanings

• *ʾēbôšâ*: be put to shame/be disappointed/be disgraced
• *qərāʾtîkā*: called you/cried out to you/summoned you
• *yēbōšû*: be put to shame/be disgraced/be disappointed
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evildoers/unrighteous
• *yiddəmû*: be silent/be still/be cut off
• *šəʾôl*: Sheol/grave/pit

Referenced Verses

• Ps 94:4 : 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
• Jude 1:15 : 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
• 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
• 2 Chr 32:16 : 16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
• Ps 12:3 : 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering li, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
• Ps 59:12 : 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their li let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
• Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
• Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murders, and whomongers, and sorcers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fi and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 For without a dogs, and sorcers, and whomongers, and murders, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
• Ps 120:2 : 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying li, and from a deceitful tongue.
• Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
• Ps 140:9-9 : 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own li cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
• Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
• Isa 37:22-24 : 22 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
• Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
• Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
• Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
• John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
• John 8:48 : 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
• Acts 25:7 : 7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.