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Psalms 140:9

Context

140:9 As for the heads of those who surround me –

may the harm done by 1  their lips overwhelm them!

Psalms 140:11

Context

140:11 A slanderer 2  will not endure on 3  the earth;

calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. 4 

1 tn Heb “harm of their lips.” The genitive here indicates the source or agent of the harm.

2 tn Heb “a man of a tongue.”

3 tn Heb “be established in.”

4 tn Heb “for blows.” The Hebrew noun מַדְחֵפֹה (madkhefoh, “blow”) occurs only here in the OT.



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