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As for the head of those who surround me, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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The Boomerang of Evil
Commentators widely agree that this verse is a prayer for poetic justice. The psalmist asks that the very 'mischief' his enemies spoke—their slander, lies, and conspiracies—would turn back and 'cover' them. It's a powerful image of sin's self-destructive nature, where the evil intended for others ultimately ruins the perpetrator.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As for the head of those that compass me about - Luther renders this, “The calamity which my enemies design against me must fall up…
19th Century
Anglican
Head.— Ewald, who keeps to the text, takes rôsh in the sense of poison (see Psalms 69:22, Note):
“The poison o…
Baptist
This may be read as a prophecy in the future tense: The mischief of their own lips shall cover them.
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16th Century
Protestant
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the , mischief of their own lips cover them
Believers may pray that God would not grant the desires of the wicked, nor further their evil devices. False accusers will bring mischief upon them…
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