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Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous With pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be silenced, which speak insolently against the [consistently] righteous with pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Let lying lips that arrogantly speak against the righteous in proud contempt be silenced.
Let their lying lips be shut up whenever they speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt!
Adonai, don’t let me be put to shame, for I have called on you; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silenced in Sh’ol.
Silence those proud liars! Make them stop bragging and insulting your people.
Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Those evil people brag and tell lies about those who do right. They are so proud now, but their lying lips will be silent.
May people that tell lies become silent. They insult righteous people. They are proud people, and they boast about themselves.
Let lying lips be silenced, those who speak against the righteous impudently with pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
With pride and hatred they speak against ·those who do right [the righteous]. So silence their lying lips.
Let the lying lips be made dumb, which cruelly, proudly, and spitefully speak against the righteous.
Let ⌞their⌟ lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.
Silence those liars— all the proud and arrogant who speak with contempt about the righteous.
Let lying lips be quieted; they speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
With pride and hatred they speak against the righteous. So shut their lying lips.
Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With lofty pride and contempt.
Let lying lips be dumb, that speak against the righteous unrestrained with arrogance and contempt.
their lying lips quieted at last—the lips of these arrogant men who are accusing honest men of evil deeds.”
Desperate, I throw myself on you: you are my God! Hour by hour I place my days in your hand, safe from the hands out to get me. Warm me, your servant, with a smile; save me because you love me. Don’t embarrass me by not showing up; I’ve given you plenty of notice. Embarrass the wicked, stand them up, leave them stupidly shaking their heads as they drift down to hell. Gag those loudmouthed liars who heckle me, your follower, with jeers and catcalls.
Let the lying lips be put to silence, who speak arrogantly in pride and contempt against the righteous.
Let their lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.
Do not let me be put to shame, for I have called to you, Lord. Put the wicked to shame; reduce them to silence in Sheol.
Let the lying lips be speechless, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt.
Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord, for I have cried out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the netherworld.
With pride and hatred they speak against those who do right. So silence their lying lips.
May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt.
Their lips tell lies. Let them be silenced. They speak with pride against those who do right. They make fun of them.
Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
Let the lying lips be put to silence, Which speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Let the lying lips be quiet. For they speak with pride and hate those who do right and good.
Silence their lying lips— those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.
Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.
Let the siftei sheker (lying lips) be put to silence; which speak insolent things with ga’avah (pride) and contemptuously against the tzaddik.
Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Adonai, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon You. Let the wicked be ashamed— let them be silent in Sheol.
Seal their lying lips forever, for with pride and contempt boiling in their hearts, they speak boldly against the righteous and persecute those who poured their trust into You.
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
guileful lips be made dumb. That speak wickedness against a just man; in pride, and in mis-using/in pride, and in abusing. (and let deceitful lips be made dumb. Yea, those who speak wickedness against the righteous; in pride, and in mis-using/in pride, and in abusing.)
Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
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