For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
Parallel translations
- WEB for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
- KJV For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- ESV For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
- NKJV For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- NASB For they have opened a wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- NLT while the wicked slander me and tell lies about me.
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Quick answer
Wicked and deceitful mouths have opened against David, speaking with lying tongues.
Overview
David describes the slander and falsehood with which his enemies assail him. The assault is verbal, marked by deceit and lies aimed at his ruin. This unjust accusation foreshadows the false testimony brought against Christ, who likewise endured lying tongues yet entrusted himself to God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 52:4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
- Ps 120:2–3Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
- Prov 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- Jer 9:5Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
- Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
- Ps 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- 2 Sam 17:1Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
- Ps 31:18May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- Prov 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- Matt 26:59–62Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- 2 Sam 15:3–8Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
- Prov 15:28The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
- Ps 64:3–4who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
- Jer 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.
- Ps 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
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