Psalms 140:9 · KJV
“{As for} the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.”
— Psalms 140:9
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; {lest} they exalt themselves. Selah. {lest...: or, let them not be exalted}
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Psalms 140 — Context
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; {lest} they exalt themselves. Selah. {lest...: or, let them not be exalted}
9{As for} the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow {him}. {an...: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow}
Cross References
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 94:23
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; {yea}, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. {The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}
Psalms 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings {are} upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.