Psalm 140:9 - Easy To Read Version

⁹ Lord, don’t let my enemies win.\par Those people are planning bad things.\par But make those bad things happen to them.\par

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Those who are fencing me in raise their heads; may the mischief of their own lips and the very things they desire for me come upon them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Common English Bible

⁹ Let the heads of the people surrounding me be covered with the trouble their own lips caused!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.

Psalm 140:9 Cross References

Esther 5:14

Then Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends had a suggestion. They said, “Tell someone to build a post to hang him on! Make it 75 feet {\cf2\super [20]} tall! Then in the morning, ask the king to hang Mordecai on it. Then just go to the party with the king and you can be happy.”

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the hanging post he had built for Mordecai. Then the king stopped being angry.

Psalm 64:8

Evil people plan to do bad things\par to other people.\par But God can \{ruin their plans,\}\par and make those bad things\par happen to them.\par Then everyone that sees them\par will shake their heads in amazement.\par

Psalm 7:16

They will receive the punishment\par they should get.\par They were cruel to other people.\par But they will get what they deserve.\par

Psalm 94:23

God will punish those evil judges\par for the bad things they did.\par God will destroy them\par because they sinned.\par The Lord our God will destroy\par those evil judges.\par

Proverbs 10:11

A good man’s words make life better. But the words from an evil man only shows the bad that is inside him. {\cf2\super [13]}

Proverbs 10:6

People ask God to bless a good person. Evil people might say those good things, but their words only hide the bad things they are planning. {\cf2\super [11]}

Proverbs 12:13

An evil person says foolish things and is trapped by his words. But a good person escapes from that kind of trouble.

Proverbs 18:7

When a foolish person talks, he ruins himself. His own words trap him.

Matthew 27:25

All the people answered, “We will be responsible for his death. We accept for ourselves and for our children any punishment for his death.”

Deuteronomy 32:27

But I know what their enemies would say. The enemy would not understand. They would brag and say, “The Lord did not destroy Israel. We won by our own power!”’