9Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.


In Context

6 O Lord , I say to you, "You are my God." Hear, O Lord , my cry for mercy.

7 O Sovereign Lord , my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle-

8 do not grant the wicked their desires, O Lord ; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah

9 Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

10 Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

11 Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.

Psalms 140:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:9[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

140:9The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

140:9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.