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Psalms 139:20
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They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain.
Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
who invoke you deceitfully.Your enemies swear by you falsely.
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
those who say bad things about you. Your enemies use your name falsely.
For they speak against You wickedly, Your enemies take Your name in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.
They are always rebelling and speaking evil of you.
They invoke your name for their crafty schemes; yes, your enemies misuse it.
Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies--
For they speake against thee wickedly: and thine enemies take thy name in vaine.
For thou wilt say concerning their thought, that they shall take thy cities in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
who speak against you deceitfully. Your enemies take your name in vain.
Who will maliciously speak against You? Your enemies are lifted up with vanity.
They say evil things about you. Your enemies use your name thoughtlessly.
They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.
They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name.
For they speak against You in sin. Those who hate You use Your name in a wrong way.
For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up their hand unto falsehood.
(138-20) Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
For they speak against thee, and have taken thy city without cause.
They say wicked things about you; they speak evil things against your name.
For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Who do speake vnto thee in guilefull maner: [thou art O God] exalted in vayne to thyne enemies.
those who speak of you maliciously, and lift themselves up against you for evil!
For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.
Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil!
For they speak against you wickedly, And your enemies are lifted up in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thy enemies take [thy name] in vain.
For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.
For they speake vnright of the, thine enemies exalte them selues presumptuously.
For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
For they speak against You wickedly,And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
for they speak: Psalms 73:8, Psalms 73:9, Psalms 74:18, Psalms 74:22, Psalms 74:23, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Isaiah 37:23, Isaiah 37:28, Isaiah 37:29, Jude 1:15, Revelation 13:6
thine: Psalms 2:1-3, Exodus 20:7
Reciprocal: Leviticus 24:16 - blasphemeth Deuteronomy 5:11 - General 2 Chronicles 32:19 - spake
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For they speak against thee wickedly,.... Against his being, his perfections, his purposes, his providences, his doctrines, ordinances, ministers, and people; or "they speak of thee for wickedness" b, they made mention of the name of God to cover their wickedness, pretending to fear God and love him, to have a reverence of him and serve him, putting on a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof;
[and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain: either by profane swearing, or by false swearing. The Targum interprets both clauses of swearing deceitfully and vainly; or "he", that is, everyone that is "lifted up to vanity [are] thine enemies" c, whose hearts are lifted up to vanity, idols, riches, self-righteousness, sensual lusts and pleasures; these are the enemies of God, are estranged from him, hold friendship with the world, harbour his enemies, love what he hates, hate what he loves, and commit acts of hostility against him. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, read, "they take thy cities in vain".
b Or "to a mischievous purpose"; so Ainsworth. c נשוא לשוא עדיך "qui elatus est ad vanitatem, hostes tui sunt", De Dieu.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For they speak against thee wickedly - This is one form or manifestation of their character as wicked people, that they speak maliciously against God. The psalmist, therefore, desired to have nothing to do with them. It is always a sufficient reason for avoiding the society, the friendship, and the fellowship of others, when they profane, blaspheme, or calumniate the name of God. From such men we should at once withdraw. Piety shrinks from the society of such men, whatever may be their rank, or their social qualities, and turns away in pain, in sorrow, in abhorrence. See the notes at Psalms 26:9.
And thine enemies take thy name in vain - It is proof that they are thine enemies that they take thy name in vain, or that they are profane men; it is a sufficient reason for desiring to be separated from them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 139:20. Thine enemies take thy name in vain.] Bishop Horsley translates the whole verse thus: -
"They have deserted me who are disobedient to thee;
"They who are sworn to a rash purpose - thy
refractory adversaries."
The original is obscure: but I cannot see these things in it. Some translate the Hebrew thus: "Those who oppose thee iniquitously seize unjustly upon thy cities;" and so almost all the Versions. The words, thus translated, may apply to Sanballat, Tobiah, and the other enemies of the returned Jews, who endeavoured to drive them from the land, that they might possess the cities of Judea.
