Thursday 7 August 2014

PSALM 101 A Triple Tongue

Psalm 101:5 NRSV
The one who secretly slanders a neighbor
I will destroy.
A haughty look and arrogant heart
I will not tolerate.

There are those who by insinuations and false accusations
endeavor to supplant the upright, to gain their office
or some new advantage.
He who speaks with a triple tongue against his neighbor
or fellow servants of God, he slays three persons.
1  The person or people he slanders,
2  Those to whom he communicates the slander.
3  Himself the slanderer.

The Chaldee translation of Psalm 101:5
refers to the slanderers triple tongue.

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