Psalms 59:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. ”

Psalms 59:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the sin of their mouth ... - That is, in belching out words of reproach and malice, Psalms 59:7 . Let them even be taken in their pride - In the very midst of their schemes, or while con...
Psalms 59:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be (k) taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak. (k) That in their misery and shame they may be as...
Psalms 59:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LIX. The Ps. seems to be directed against Jewish and not foreign enemies. It might well be a prayer for the downfall of the aristocratic Sadducees. On the other hand in Psalms 59:5 and Psalms 59...
Psalms 59:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
Psalms 59:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12 The sin of their mouth, the words of their lips Some interpreters read, for, or, on account of the sin of their mouth, (369) supplying the causal particle, that the words may be th...
Psalms 59:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. For the sin of their mouth - This verse has puzzled all...
Psalms 59:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the sin of their mouth, &c.— The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips; and they shall be taken in their pride, and for perjury and lying which they speak.
Psalms 59:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. (For) the sin of their mouth (and) the words of their...
Psalms 59:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.' For the first part of the title see on Psalms 57 . Th...
Psalms 59:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the sin... — As the text stands, it runs: Sin of their mouth, word of their lips, and they are taken in their pride, and cursing and lying they say ; where some would supply a copula, “The sin...
Psalms 59:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:1-17 THE superscription makes this the earliest of David's psalms, dating from the Sauline persecution. It has many points of connection with the others of that group, but its closest af...
Psalms 59:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“God Is My High Tower” Psalms 59:1-17 This is the fifth of the Michtams, or “Golden Psalms.” Compare Psalms 16:1-11 ; Psalms 56:1-13 ; Psalms 57:1-11 ; Psalms 58:1-11 . The contents corre...
Psalms 59:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again we have a song from the midst of peril. The singer is the object of determined, stealthy, and malignant opposition. It is divided into two parts, both ending with the same declaration, "God is...
Psalms 59:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The perilous state of the wicked, and the safety of the righteous, is finely contrasted in the view of the ruin of the one, and the everlasting security of the other. But let not the Reader overlook...
Psalms 59:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips ,.... The words may be read as one proposition, "the words of their lips [are] the sin of their mouth" y; they speak nothing but evil; wha...
Psalms 59:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak. Ver. 12. For the sin of their mouth, &c. ] The A...
Psalms 59:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the sin of their mouth , &c. For their ungodly, injurious, and pernicious speeches, of which he spoke Psalms 59:7 . Let them even be taken Hebrew, וילכדו, vejillachedu, they shall be tak...
Psalms 59:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 8 But thou, O L ORD , shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because...
Psalms 59:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lip; for their ungodly, and injurious, and pernicious speeches, of which he speaks Psalms 59:7 , and in many other places. Let them be taken, a...
Psalms 59:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Points Out To God That He Is A Victim Of Slander, Lies And Cursing And Asks Him To Deal With Them Accordingly ( Psalms 59:11-13 ). We should note that what David majors on is not the power o...
Psalms 59:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.— “ To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Michtam of David .” See Introduction to Psalms 56 . “ When Saul sent, and they watched the...
Psalms 59:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:6 . They make a noise like a dog. Mr. Jowett, in his christian researches, states, that many dogs in eastern towns have no owners; that they lie in the shade during the heat of the day,...
Psalms 59:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God . Revelations of the good and bad in human nature I. The enmity of man towards man. 1. From the description that David here gives of his enemies, we lea...
Psalms 59:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION LIKE Psalms 56:1-19 and Psalms 57:1-19 , this is a cry for deliverance out of great peril, with a final expression of confidence (verses 16, 17) that the deliverance will be gran...
Psalms 59:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer of an Innocent Person against Those who Seek His Soul. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, again according to the melody "Destroy not," Michtam, a poem in epigrammatic form, of David; when...
Psalms 59:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 4:2 ; Luke 23:5 ; Matthew 12:36 ; Matthew 12:37 ; Matthew 27:25 ; Matthew 27:63 ; Proverbs 11:6 ; Proverbs 12:13 ; Proverbs 18:7 ; Proverbs 6:2 ; Psalms 10:2 ; Psalms 120:3 ; Psalm...
Psalms 59:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Pride — For their proud and insolent speeches against thee. Lying — For their execrations and lying reports, which they have spread concerning me.

Psalms 59:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 59:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 59:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 59:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 59:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 59:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 59:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 59:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 59:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 59:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 59:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 59:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes