Psalm 109:2 “For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me…”

Psalm 109:2

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

Darby Translation

For the mouth of the wicked [man] and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

Young's Literal Translation

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me — A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

Bible in Basic English

For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

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Cross references

“the mouth”

Psalm 31:13 Psalm 31:18 2 Samuel 17:1 2 Samuel 15:3–8 Proverbs 15:28 Matthew 26:59–62

Psalm 31:13 · BSB

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Psalm 31:18 · BSB

May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

2 Samuel 17:1 · BSB

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

2 Samuel 15:3–8 · BSB

Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”

Proverbs 15:28 · BSB

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

Matthew 26:59–62 · BSB

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

“of the deceitful”

Proverbs 6:17 Proverbs 12:19 Jeremiah 9:5 Acts 6:13 Jeremiah 9:3 Psalm 120:3

Proverbs 6:17 · BSB

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 12:19 · BSB

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Jeremiah 9:5 · BSB

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Acts 6:13 · BSB

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Jeremiah 9:3 · BSB

“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.

Psalm 120:3 · BSB

What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

Also

Psalm 52:4 Psalm 120:2–3

Psalm 52:4 · BSB

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Psalm 120:2–3 · BSB

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1O God of my praise, be not silent.

3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

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