Psalms 31:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievousc things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. ”

Psalms 31:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the lying lips be put to silence - See the notes at Psalms 12:2-3 . The lips which speak lies. The reference here is especially to those who had spoken in this manner against the psalmist hi...
Psalms 31:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXI. Prayer in distress strangely intermingled with such confidence in God that the deliverance seems to be already accomplished. Psalms 31:1-3 a . Recurs with textual variants in Psalms 7...
Psalms 31:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

grievous . hard, or arrogant. the righteous . a righteous one.
Psalms 31:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. Let the lying lips be put to silence - As to my enemies, persecutors, and slanderer...
Psalms 31:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. Let the lying lips ... grievous things - or 'hard things,' as the Hebrew is...
Psalms 31:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The writer of this Ps. gratefully records God's past deliverances ( Psalms 31:1-8 ), appeals to God for help against the enemies who assail him in the present ( Psalms 31:9-18 ), and ends with ferven...
Psalms 31:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Silence. — As a different word is used from that rendered silent in Psalms 31:17 , translate let the lying lips be made dumb. Grievous. — Better, arrogant, as in 1 Samuel 2:3 . (Comp. P...
Psalms 31:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 31:1-24 THE swift transitions of feeling in this psalm may seem strange to colder natures whose lives run smoothly, but reveal a brother-soul to those who have known what it is to ride on t...
Psalms 31:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jehovah Preserveth the Faithful Psalms 31:14-24 What a change ensues in the spirit of our life when we look from men and things to God! Do not look at God through circumstances, but at circumst...
Psalms 31:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this great song of trust struggling through tears to triumph, we have a fine example of an experience often repeated in the history of the children of faith. There are three divisions. In the firs...
Psalms 31:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we consider the foregoing verses as referring to Christ and his enemies, how striking are these verses, if read with an eye to Judas and the foes of Christ. Acts 1:18 . And may we not take the wo...
Psalms 31:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the lying lips be put to silence ,.... Being convicted of the lies told by them, and so silenced and confounded; or being cut off and destroyed, as all such will be in the Lord's own time, Psal...
Psalms 31:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. Ver. 18. Let the lying lips be put to silence ] Heb. the lips of a lie, mendacio...
Psalms 31:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let the lying lips The slanderous tongues; be put to silence Either by thy discovery and vindication of my integrity; or by some imminent judgment, which may either convince them, or take them of...
Psalms 31:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O L ORD , for I am in trouble: mine eye is con...
Psalms 31:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lying lips; slanderous tongues. Be put to silence, either by thy vindication and discovery of my integrity; or by some eminent judgment, which may either convince them, or cut them off. Grievous t...
Psalms 31:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Make your face to shine on your servant, Save me in your covenant love. Let me not be put to shame, O YHWH, For I have called on you, Let the wicked be put to shame, Let them be silent in Sheol....
Psalms 31:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION A psalm, in which the psalmist rises by prayer, from trouble, to lively faith and hope in God. The older interpreters founding on the use of the same word in Psalms 31:2-3 (Heb.), and...
Psalms 31:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:1 . In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; Can we say as much as that? However else this Psalm of David may end, it strikes a grand key-note, that which should be the first indication of o...
Psalms 31:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:5 . Into thine hand I commit my spirit, the words which our Saviour used on the cross, and the words which St. Stephen used the moment before his death, when addressing the Lord Jesus; a...
Psalms 31:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. The complaints of a sufferer, and the entreaties of a suppliant I. the complaints of a sufferer. 1. His sufferings were mental and severe....
Psalms 31:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is, in the main, a cry for deliverance out of pressing danger and trouble; but it is interspersed with passages of a more cheerful tone, expressive of faith and confidenc...
Psalms 31:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Confidence and Triumph of Faith
Psalms 31:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:3 ; 2 Chronicles 32:16 ; Acts 25:7 ; Isaiah 37:22-24 ; Isaiah 54:17 ; John 8:44 ; John 8:48 ; Jude 1:15 ; Matthew 10:25 ; Matthew 12:24 ; Proverbs 12:19 ; Psalms 12:3 ; Psalms...

Psalms 31:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 31:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 31:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 31:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 31:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 31:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 31:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 31:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 31:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 31:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 31:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 31:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge