Psalms

Psalm 50:19–21

¹⁹You unleash your mouth for evil

and harness your tongue to deceit.

²⁰You sit and malign your brother;

you slander your own mother’s son.

²¹You have done these things, and I kept silent;

you thought I was^b just like you.

But now I rebuke you

and accuse you to your face.^c

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You unleash	שָׁלַ֣חְתָּ	šā·laḥ·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H7971 send
your mouth	פִּ֭יךָ	pî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6310 mouth
for evil	בְרָעָ֑ה	ḇə·rā·‘āh	Preposition-b; Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil
and harness	תַּצְמִ֥יד	taṣ·mîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H6775 bind, join
your tongue	וּ֝לְשׁוֹנְךָ֗	ū·lə·šō·wn·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3956 tongue
to deceit	מִרְמָֽה׃	mir·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H4820 deceit, treachery

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You sit	תֵּ֭שֵׁב	tê·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
and malign	תְדַבֵּ֑ר	ṯə·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H1696 speak
your brother	בְּאָחִ֣יךָ	bə·’ā·ḥî·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H251 brother
you	תִּתֶּן־	tit·ten-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
slander	דֹּֽפִי׃	dō·p̄î	Noun - masculine singular	H1848 blemish, fault
your own mother’s	אִ֝מְּךָ֗	’im·mə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H517 mother
son	בְּבֶֽן־	bə·ḇen-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have done	עָשִׂ֨יתָ׀	‘ā·śî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
these things	אֵ֤לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
and I kept silent	וְֽהֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּי	wə·he·ḥĕ·raš·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H2790 cut in, engrave, plough, devise
you thought	דִּמִּ֗יתָ	dim·mî·ṯā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H1819 be like, resemble
I was	הֱֽיוֹת־	hĕ·yō·wṯ-	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
just like you	כָמ֑וֹךָ	ḵā·mō·w·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H3644 like, as, when
But now I rebuke you	אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖	’ō·w·ḵî·ḥă·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H3198 decide, adjudge, prove
and accuse you	וְאֶֽעֶרְכָ֣ה	wə·’e·‘er·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H6186 arrange or set in order
to your face	לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃	lə·‘ê·ne·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 50:19 Psalm 10:7 · Jeremiah 9:5 · Revelation 21:8 · Psalm 52:2–4 · James 3:5–9 · Isaiah 59:3–4 · Psalm 55:21 · Psalm 5:9 · Romans 3:13–14

Psalm 50:20 Matthew 10:21 · Leviticus 19:16 · Proverbs 10:18

Psalm 50:21 Romans 2:4–5 · Proverbs 29:1 · Ecclesiastes 12:14 · Isaiah 57:11 · Psalm 94:7–11 · Psalm 90:8 · Ecclesiastes 8:11–12 · Isaiah 42:14 · Psalm 73:11 · 1 Corinthians 4:5 · Psalm 50:3 · Amos 8:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.