Psalms 63:11

11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

Psalms 63:11 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
English Standard Version (ESV)
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.
New Living Translation (NLT)
11 But the king will rejoice in God. All who swear to tell the truth will praise him, while liars will be silenced.
The Message Bible (MSG)
11 But the king is glad in God; his true friends spread the joy, While small-minded gossips are gagged for good.
American Standard Version (ASV)
11 But the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
11 But the king will find joy in God. Everyone who takes an oath by God will brag, but the mouths of liars will be shut.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will boast, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
11 But the king will be filled with joy because of what God has done. All those who take an oath in God's name will praise him. But the mouths of liars will be shut.

Psalms 63:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 63:11

But the king shall rejoice in God
Not Saul, as R. Obadiah; as if David wished him well, and that he might have reason to rejoice in God, though he sought his hurt; which sense is rejected by Abea Ezra: but either David, who speaks of himself as king, being anointed by Samuel, and who, upon the death of Saul, was so in fact; and who rejoiced, not merely at the destruction of his enemies, for he lamented the death of Saul, ( 2 Samuel 1:17 ) ; but in God, in his grace and goodness to him, and in his power and justice shown in the vengeance taken on them. Or rather, the King Messiah, who rejoiced in God because of the good of his people, their conversion and salvation, and their deliverance from their enemies, ( Psalms 21:1 ) ( Luke 10:21 ) ;

everyone that sweareth by him shall glory;
not by David, though such a form of swearing was used; see ( 2 Samuel 15:21 ) ; or, "to him": and so describes his faithful subjects swearing allegiance to him: but rather by the Lord, in whom the king should rejoice; and designs the worshippers of him; swearing by him being sometimes put for the whole worship and service of God, ( Deuteronomy 6:13 ) . The Heathens used to swear by their deities, and their chief was called Jupiter Horcius, because he presided over oaths F24. Or else that the King Christ should rejoice in God; and intends such as believe in him and confess him; see ( Isaiah 45:23 ) , compared with ( Romans 14:11 ) . And every such an one will glory, not in themselves, nor in anything of theirs, but in Christ, in his grace and righteousness, and in what he is unto them;

but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped;
such as Saul's courtiers, who invented and spread lies of David; but now upon the death of Saul, and David's advancement to the throne, would be silent; their mouths being stopped either by death, or through fear: and so all the followers of antichrist, that make and believe a lie, will have their mouths stopped, when cast into the lake of fire, ( Revelation 21:8 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F24 Euripidis Medea, v. 170. Vid. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 5. c. 10.

Psalms 63:11 In-Context

9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by God will glory in him, while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 6:13; Psalms 21:1; Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 65:16
  • 2. S Job 5:16; Romans 3:19
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