Psalm 140:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
In context
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
9 May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
10 May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
11 May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Psalm 140:9 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
- KJV King James Version
- As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- WEB World English Bible
- As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- ASV American Standard Version
- As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
- DBY Darby Translation
- [As for] the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- WBS Webster Bible
- As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.