Psalm 140:9 - Tree of Life Version Grant not, Adonai, the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plan succeed, or they will exalt themselves. Selah Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Common English Bible Let the heads of the people surrounding me be covered with the trouble their own lips caused! Catholic Public Domain Version 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 Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity. |
Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let them set up a gallows 50 cubits high, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go happily with the king to the banquet.” This idea delighted Haman and he ordered the gallows to be built.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s rage subsided.
But God will shoot them with an arrow— suddenly their wounds will appear.
He digs a pit, scrapes it out, and then falls into the hole he has made.
He will repay them for their wickedness, and will annihilate them in their evil. Adonai our God will annihilate them.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
An evil one is ensnared by the sin of lips, but the righteous one escapes trouble.
All the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
except I dread the taunt of the enemy, lest their foes might misconstrue— lest they say, ‘Our hand is held high, and Adonai has not done all this.’