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9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)Here is the believing foresight David had, I. Of the shame and confusion of persecutors. 1. Their disappointment. This he prays for (Ps. 140:8), that their lusts might not be gratified, their lust of ambition, envy, and revenge: “ Grant not, O Lord! the desires of the wicked , but frustrate them; let them not see the ruin of my interest, which they so earnestly wish to see; but hear the voice of m…
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