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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 140:11

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].

Ver. 11. Let not an evil speaker] Heb. a man of tongue, whereof Geraldus reckoneth up twenty-four several sins; a world of wickedness, St James calleth it, James 3:6

Evil shall hunt the violent man] The angel of death shall hunt him into hell, saith the Chaldee. Of the blackbird's excrements is made bird lime, to catch him. Gaius Marius was slain with the sword he made when he was a cutler. Propiis pennis perire grave est, was Julian's motto. God's judgments against sinners are feathered from themselves, as a fowl shot with an arrow feathered from her own body.

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See also Psalms 140:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 140:11. _LET NOT AN EVIL SPEAKER BE ESTABLISHED_] איש לשון _ish_ _lashon_, "a man of tongue." There is much force in the rendering of this clause in the _Chaldee_ גבר דמשתעי לישן תליתי g...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LET NOT AN EVIL SPEAKER - literally, “A man of tongue.” That is, a man whom the tongue rules; a man of an unbridled tongue; a man who does not control his tongue. See the notes at James 3:2. BE ESTABL...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 140-142 These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series, 142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distr...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXL. THE PRAYER OF A MAN HARD BESET BY TREACHEROUS FOES. It seems clear that the foes of whom the author complains are Jews, not foreign assailants. Slander and violence are their weapons, and the war...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    EVIL SPEAKER. Hebrew. man of tongue; not "a man of lips" (= talkative. Job 11:2), but with an evil motive. a slanderer. Compare Psalms 140:3. EVIL SHALL HUNT. Let evil hunt....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    May retribution overtake my enemies!...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A slanderer shall not be established in the land] Cp. Psalms 101:5. _to overthrow_him] Again the idea is that of the evil which he devises for others relentlessly pursuing him, lit. _with thrust upon...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    LET NOT AN EVIL SPEAKER— Or, _A sycophant shall not. A man of tongue,_ according to the original; which signifies with the Hebrews a _detractor,_ or sycophant; one who gives his tongue the liberty to...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 140 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Deliverance from Slanderous and Violent Enemies Implored and Expected. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 140:1-3, Rescue from Violent Slanderers Besought. Stanza II., Psalms 1...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. LET NOT AN EVIL SPEAKER BE ESTABLISHED IN THE EARTH (CF. , AND CONTRAST 102:28): EVIL SHALL HU...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    140:11 earth. (b-12) _ Erets_ , 'land.' see 1 Samuel 2:8 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and adaptations of, earlier Pss....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LET NOT, ETC.] better, 'a slander shall not.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AN EVIL SPEAKER. — Literally, as in LXX. and Vulg., _a man of tongue;_ (Comp. Sir. 8:3; Job 11:2.) margin,” man of lips.” It is hardly possible to resist the suggestion that some particular person, no...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 140:12]_ אִ֥ישׁ לָשֹׁון֮ בַּל ־יִכֹּ֪ון בָּ֫...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 140:1 IN tone and contents this psalm has many parallels in the earlier books, especially among the psalms ascribed to David. Its originality lies principally in its use of peculiar words, and...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall (i) hunt the violent man to overthrow [him]. (i) God's plagues will light on him in such sort, that he will not escape....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This is a blessed appeal to the Lord! Where shall an exercised soul go in his affliction, but to a throne of grace? And how sure shall be the Lord's condemnation of the ungodly, when the cry of the su...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._The man of tongue_, (232) _etc_. Some understand by this the _loquacious man_, but the sense is too restricted; nor is the reference to a reproachful, garrulous, vain and boastful man, but the man...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    LET NOT AN EVIL SPEAKER BE ESTABLISHED IN THE EARTH,.... One that sets his mouth against the heavens, and speaks evil of God; of his being, perfections, purposes, and providences: whose tongue walks t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _As for the head of those_, &c. Bishop Hare connects this clause with the preceding, and translates the passage thus; _Let not those that beset me lift up the head. Let the mischief of their own lips...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    EVIL SPEAKER BE ESTABLISHED IN THE EARTH, EVIL SHALL HUNT THE VIOLENT MAN TO OVERTHROW HIM: _ Heb._ a man of tongue, or, an evil speaker, a wicked man of violence be established in the earth, let him...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The malice of enemies and prayer for preservation. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those are safe whom God preserves. In Him believers may count upon security against all real enemies....

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm was composed by David, on occasion of Saul's persecution. The title, _a psalm of David,_ is undisputed. Psalms 140:1. _From the evil man,_ Doëg the Edomite: _from the violent man,_ Saul, w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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