Psalms 59:12

The A.V. gives the sense, though the precise construction is doubtful. Perhaps, The word of their lips is the sin of their mouth, i.e. every word they utter is sin: or, O the sin of their mouth! O the word of their lips! let them&c.

let them even be taken Caught in their own snare, their plots recoiling on themselves. Cp. Psalms 9:15; Psalms 35:8; Proverbs 11:6.

in their pride The atheistic self-sufficiency which says, Who doth hear? Cp. Psalms 10:4.