Salmos 31:18

18 Enmudezcan los labios mentirosos, que hablan contra el justo cosas duras, con soberbia y menosprecio

Salmos 31:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 31:18

Let the lying lips be put to silence
Being convicted of the lies told by them, and so silenced and confounded; or being cut off and destroyed, as all such will be in the Lord's own time, ( Psalms 12:3 ) . It is very likely the psalmist may have respect either to Doeg the Edomite, who loved lying rather than righteousness; or to others that were about Saul, who lying said to him that David sought his harm, even to take away his kingdom and his life, ( Psalms 52:3 ) ( 1 Samuel 24:9 ) ;

which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the
righteous;
meaning himself; not that he thought himself righteous in the sight of God by any righteousness of his own, but by the righteousness of Christ imputed to him; see ( Psalms 143:2 ) ( Romans 4:6 ) . Though he may have regard here to the righteousness of his cause before men, and assert himself righteous, as he might with respect to the "grievous things", the hard and lying speeches, which were spoken against him, in a proud, haughty, and contemptuous manner. And it is no unusual thing for such false charges to be brought against righteous men; nay, such hard speeches were spoken by ungodly men against Jesus Christ the righteous himself, ( Jude 1:15 ) . The Targum interprets it of "reproaches".

Salmos 31:18 In-Context

16 Haz resplandecer tu rostro sobre tu siervo; sálvame por tu misericordia

17 SEÑOR, no sea yo confundido, porque te he invocado; sean confusos los impíos, sean cortados para el Seol

18 Enmudezcan los labios mentirosos, que hablan contra el justo cosas duras, con soberbia y menosprecio

19 ¡Cuán grande es tu bien, que has guardado para los que te temen, que has obrado para los que esperan en ti, delante de los hijos de los hombres

20 Los esconderás en el escondedero de tu rostro de las arrogancias del hombre; los esconderás en el tabernáculo a cubierto de contención de lenguas