Psalms 109:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

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  • Ps 52:4 : 4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word. 4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
  • Ps 120:2-3 : 2 O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue! 3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah.
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --
  • Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.
  • Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
  • Jer 9:5 : 5 And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.
  • Matt 26:59-62 : 59 And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, 60 and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near, 61 said, `This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.' 62 And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,
  • 2 Sam 15:3-8 : 3 And Absalom saith unto him, `See, thy matters `are' good and straightforward -- and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.' 4 And Absalom saith, `Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment? -- then I have declared him righteous.' 5 And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him; 6 and Absalom doth according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom stealeth the heart of the men of Israel. 7 And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom saith unto the king, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron, 8 for a vow hath thy servant vowed in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If Jehovah doth certainly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I have served Jehovah.'
  • 2 Sam 17:1 : 1 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night,
  • Ps 31:13 : 13 For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear `is' round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

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    10They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

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    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

  • Ps 109:1
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    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,

  • Ps 120:2-3
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    2O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

    3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

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    9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips `is' wickedness.

  • Ps 35:19-21
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    19Mine enemies rejoice not over me `with' falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

    20For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

    21And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

  • Ps 38:12
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    12And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

  • Lam 3:62
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    62The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.

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    3Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

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    10For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

  • Ps 59:12
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    12The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

  • Ps 73:9
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    9They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

  • Ps 139:20
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    20Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity `are' Thine enemies.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Ps 109:20
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    20This `is' the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • Lam 3:46
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    46Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.

  • Ps 41:7
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    7All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

  • Rom 3:13-14
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    13A sepulchre opened `is' their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps `is' under their lips.

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

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    12The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

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    3Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

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    13For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear `is' round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

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    8A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

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    3They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah.

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    2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

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    2Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

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    3For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

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    4My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

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    8All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

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    8Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand `is' a right hand of falsehood.

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    3And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

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    5All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts `are' for evil,

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    11Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

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    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

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    7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

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    7Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords `are' in their lips, for `Who heareth?'

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    6The words of the wicked `are': `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

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    16With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.