Psalm 140:11 {139:12}
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A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.

let not.

an evil speaker.

Psalm 12:3,4 May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things. . . .

Proverbs 6:17 A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,

Proverbs 12:13 For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.

Proverbs 17:20 He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.

evil

Psalm 7:14-16 Behold he hath been in labour with injustice: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity. . . .

Psalm 9:16 The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

Psalm 34:21 The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty.

Proverbs 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: and to the just good shall be repaid.

Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Context
Rescue Me, O LORD, From Evil Men
10Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand. 11A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.12I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.…
Cross References
Psalm 7:16
His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall come down upon his crown.

Psalm 10:15
Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

Psalm 34:21
The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty.

Psalm 94:23
And he will render them their iniquity : and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 140:1
Unto the end, a psalm of David. [2] Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.

Lexicon
May no slanderer
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

be established
יִכּ֪וֹן (yik·kō·wn)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect

in the land.
בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

May calamity
רָ֑ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

hunt down
יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּ (yə·ṣū·ḏen·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6679: To lie alongside, to catch an animal, to victual

the man
אִישׁ־ (’îš-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of violence.
חָמָ֥ס (ḥā·mās)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain


Additional Translations
May no slanderer be established in the land. May calamity hunt down the man of violence.Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Let not an evil speaker be established on the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
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