As for the head of those that compass me about - Luther renders this, “The calamity which my enemies design against me must fall up…

Head.— Ewald, who keeps to the text, takes rôsh in the sense of poison (see Psalms 69:22, Note):

“The poison o…

This may be read as a prophecy in the future tense: The mischief of their own lips shall cover them.

As for the head, etc. There may be a doubt whether, under the term head, he refers to the chief of the faction opposed to him, for we can …

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