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Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/140.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/140.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/140.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow <i>him</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/140.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow <i>him.</i>”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/140.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“May a slanderer not endure on the earth; May evil hunt a violent person violently.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/140.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/140.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/140.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/140.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Do not let a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil quickly hunt the violent man [to overthrow him and stop his evil acts].”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/140.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/140.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/140.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/140.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Chase those cruel liars away! Let trouble hunt them down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/140.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/140.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/140.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />May those who accuse others falsely not succeed; may evil overtake violent people and destroy them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/140.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/140.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/140.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/140.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/140.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Let not an evil speaker be established on the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/140.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/140.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A talkative man is not established in the earth, "" One of violence—evil hunts to overflowing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/140.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/140.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A man of tongue shall not be prepared in the earth: a man of violence, evil shall hunt him to melt down the coverings.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/140.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/140.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 139:12>A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/140.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Slanderers will not survive on earth; evil will hunt down the man of violence to overthrow him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/140.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/140.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to destroy him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/140.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />A talkative man will not be established in the earth and evil will hunt the evil man to destruction.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/140.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; The violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/140.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/140-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=17473" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/140.htm">Rescue Me, O LORD, From Evil Men</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">May no slanderer</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956: lā·šō·wn (N-cs) -- Tongue. Or lashon; also feminine lshonah; from lashan; the tongue, used literally, and figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="1077: bal- (Adv) -- Not. From balah; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually not at all; also lest."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: yik·kō·wn (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">be established</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">may calamity</a> <a href="/hebrew/6679.htm" title="6679: yə·ṣū·ḏen·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- To hunt. A primitive root; to lie alongside; by implication, to catch an animal; to victual.">hunt down</a> <a href="/hebrew/4073.htm" title="4073: lə·maḏ·ḥê·p̄ōṯ (Prep-l:: N-fp) -- A thrust. From dachaph; a push, i.e. Ruin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš- (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555: ḥā·mās (N-ms) -- Violence, wrong. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain.">of violence.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-5.htm">Proverbs 19:5</a></span><br />A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-9.htm">Proverbs 19:9</a></span><br />A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a></span><br />But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36-37</a></span><br />But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. / For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/3-6.htm">James 3:6</a></span><br />The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Proverbs 6:16-19</a></span><br />There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: / haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, / a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5</a></span><br />For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-29.htm">Romans 1:29-32</a></span><br />They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. / They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a></span><br />But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Psalm 101:5</a></span><br />Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/5-9.htm">Psalm 5:9</a></span><br />For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-7.htm">Psalm 10:7</a></span><br />His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/52-2.htm">Psalm 52:2-4</a></span><br />Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. / You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah / You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/55-21.htm">Psalm 55:21</a></span><br />His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.</p><p class="hdg">let not.</p><p class="hdg">an evil speaker.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/12-3.htm">Psalm 12:3,4</a></b></br> The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, <i>and</i> the tongue that speaketh proud things: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/6-17.htm">Proverbs 6:17</a></b></br> A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/12-13.htm">Proverbs 12:13</a></b></br> The wicked is snared by the transgression of <i>his</i> lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.</p><p class="hdg">evil</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/7-14.htm">Psalm 7:14-16</a></b></br> Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-16.htm">Psalm 9:16</a></b></br> The LORD is known <i>by</i> the judgment <i>which</i> he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/34-21.htm">Psalm 34:21</a></b></br> Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/137-8.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/91-10.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/psalms/139-15.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/119-152.htm">Established</a> <a href="/psalms/140-9.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/10-2.htm">Hunt</a> <a href="/job/16-9.htm">Hunted</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-13.htm">Hunteth</a> <a href="/psalms/78-20.htm">Overflowing</a> <a href="/psalms/69-24.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/psalms/140-4.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/psalms/89-40.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/psalms/140-4.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-16.htm">Slanderer</a> <a href="/psalms/56-2.htm">Slanderers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-19.htm">Speaker</a> <a href="/psalms/102-2.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/job/11-2.htm">Talkative</a> <a href="/psalms/140-4.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/psalms/140-3.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/psalms/140-4.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/psalms/140-4.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/psalms/127-5.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/141-6.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/psalms/141-7.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/148-6.htm">Established</a> <a href="/psalms/141-4.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm">Hunt</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-14.htm">Hunted</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm">Hunteth</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-10.htm">Overflowing</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-7.htm">Overthrow</a> <a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/psalms/142-4.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-28.htm">Slanderer</a> <a href="/romans/1-29.htm">Slanderers</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-18.htm">Speaker</a> <a href="/psalms/143-7.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-8.htm">Talkative</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-32.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Tongue</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-19.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-31.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-23.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 140</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/140-1.htm">David prays to be delivered from Saul and Doeg</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/140-8.htm">He prays against them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/140-12.htm">He comforts himself by confidence in God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/140.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/140.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>May no slanderer be established in the land;</b><br>This phrase reflects a plea for justice and truth within the community. In biblical times, slander was a serious offense, as it could destroy reputations and disrupt societal harmony. The land refers to the covenant land given to Israel, emphasizing the need for righteousness among God's people. The call for slanderers not to be established suggests a desire for a society where truth prevails, aligning with the biblical principle that God detests lying lips (<a href="/proverbs/12-22.htm">Proverbs 12:22</a>). The psalmist's prayer echoes the wisdom literature's emphasis on the power of words and the destructive nature of false testimony (<a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Proverbs 6:16-19</a>).<p><b>may calamity hunt down the man of violence.</b><br>This part of the verse calls for divine retribution against those who perpetrate violence. The imagery of calamity hunting down the violent man suggests inevitable justice, aligning with the biblical theme that those who sow violence will reap the same (<a href="/proverbs/22-8.htm">Proverbs 22:8</a>). The historical context of ancient Israel, where violence often led to cycles of vengeance and bloodshed, underscores the need for divine intervention to maintain peace and order. This plea for justice is consistent with the prophetic literature, where God promises to judge the wicked and protect the innocent (<a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Isaiah 11:4</a>). The ultimate fulfillment of justice is seen in the person of Jesus Christ, who embodies peace and will one day establish His kingdom where violence and injustice are no more (<a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6-7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/140.htm">Psalm 140</a>, David is expressing a prayer for protection against his enemies and those who speak evil.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/slanderers.htm">Slanderers</a></b><br>Individuals who spread false and malicious statements, causing harm to others' reputations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>Refers to the territory of Israel, where David desires righteousness and justice to prevail.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/man_of_violence.htm">Man of Violence</a></b><br>Represents those who use force and aggression to achieve their ends, often causing harm and destruction.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/calamity.htm">Calamity</a></b><br>A divine or natural disaster that David prays will pursue those who commit acts of violence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a></b><br>Words can build up or destroy. As believers, we must be vigilant in our speech, ensuring it aligns with God's truth and love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a></b><br>Trust in God's justice rather than seeking personal revenge. God sees and will address the wrongs done by slanderers and violent individuals.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/pursuing_peace.htm">Pursuing Peace</a></b><br>Actively seek peace and reconciliation in your community, standing against slander and violence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/righteous_living.htm">Righteous Living</a></b><br>Strive to live righteously, ensuring that your actions and words reflect God's character and bring glory to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_for_protection.htm">Prayer for Protection</a></b><br>Regularly pray for protection against those who seek to harm through words or actions, trusting in God's deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_140.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 140</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_find_strength_in_faith.htm">What does the Bible say about abuse?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_120_4_contradict_god's_love.htm">Psalm 120:4 - Does referring to 'warrior's sharp arrows' and 'burning coals' raise contradictions with a supposedly loving and merciful God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_140_10_show_mercy.htm">How does calling for coals of fire upon evildoers in Psalm 140:10 align with the concept of a merciful God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_witchcraft.htm">What does the Bible say about abuse and guilt?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/140.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">An evil speaker.</span>--Literally, as in LXX. and Vulg., <span class= "ital">a man of tongue; </span>(Comp. <a href="//apocrypha.org/ecclesiasticus/8-3.htm" title="Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.">Ecclesiasticus 8:3</a>; <a href="/job/11-2.htm" title="Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?">Job 11:2</a>.) margin," man of lips." It is hardly possible to resist the suggestion that some particular person, noted for the loudness or violence of his speech, was intended.<p>Evil shall hunt . . .--Comp. <a href="/proverbs/13-21.htm" title="Evil pursues sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.">Proverbs 13:21</a> and Horace, <span class= "ital">Odes </span>iii. 2, Conington's translation:<p>"Though vengeance halt, she seldom leaves<p>The wretch whose flying step she hounds.'<p><span class= "bld">To overthrow.</span>--The Hebrew is a noun, formed from a root meaning "to thrust," and literally means either <span class= "ital">to destruction </span>or <span class= "ital">with hasty pursuit. </span>Some render "with successive thrusts;" but this is hardly a hunting figure.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/140.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth</span>; literally, a man <span class="accented">of tongue shall not be established is the land</span> - a man, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>., of pretence and seeming, who talks grandly, but effects nothing. Such a one shall not obtain permanent establishment as a power in the land. <span class="cmt_word">Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him</span>; literally, to <span class="accented">destructions - a</span> plural of completeness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/140-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">May no slanderer</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֥ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be established</span><br /><span class="heb">יִכּ֪וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(yik·kō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the land.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">May calamity</span><br /><span class="heb">רָ֑ע</span> <span class="translit">(rā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hunt down</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ṣū·ḏen·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6679.htm">Strong's 6679: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie alongside, to catch an animal, to victual</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִישׁ־</span> <span class="translit">(’îš-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of violence.</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמָ֥ס</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mās)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2555.htm">Strong's 2555: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/140-11.htm">Psalm 140:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/140-11.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 140:11 An evil speaker won't be established (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/140-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 140:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 140:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/140-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 140:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 140:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>