Salmos 59:12

12 Por el pecado de su boca, por la palabra de sus labios; y sean presos por su soberbia, y cuenten con maldición y con debilidad

Salmos 59:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 59:12

[For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips,
&c.] The words may be read as one proposition, "the words of their lips [are] the sin of their mouth" ^F25; they speak nothing but evil; whatever they say is sin; out of the abundance of their evil hearts their mouths speak: or "for the sin of their mouth" and lips; because of the calumnies cast by them on the Messiah, traducing him as a sinful man, a blasphemer, a seditious person, and even as one that had familiarity with the devil;

let them even be taken in their pride;
in their city and temple, of which they boasted, and prided themselves in; and so they were: or for their pride in rejecting the Messiah, because of his mean descent and parentage, and because his kingdom was not with outward pomp and observation; and being vain boasters of their carnal privileges, and works of righteousness, they refused to submit to the righteousness of God, and were neither subject to the law of God, nor to the Gospel of Christ;

and for cursing and lying [which] they speak;
for cursing the Messiah, pronouncing him accursed, and treating him as such, by hanging him on a tree; and for lying against him, saying that he was a Samaritan, and had a devil, and cast out devils by Beelzebub; and that he was a deceiver of the people, and a wicked man: for these things they were taken in their besieged city, as is here imprecated.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 So Gejerus, Schmidt.

Salmos 59:12 In-Context

10 El Dios de mi misericordia me encontrará en el camino; Dios me hará ver en mis enemigos mi deseo

11 No los matarás, para que mi pueblo no se olvide; hazlos vagar con tu fortaleza, y abátelos, oh SEÑOR, escudo nuestro

12 Por el pecado de su boca, por la palabra de sus labios; y sean presos por su soberbia, y cuenten con maldición y con debilidad

13 Acábalos con furor, acábalos, y no sean; y sepan que Dios domina en Jacob hasta los fines de la tierra. (Selah)

14 Vuelvan pues a la tarde, y ladren como perros, y rodeen la ciudad