Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
The prayer for lying lips to be silenced points in its context to the silence of the wicked in Sheol, the grave. Sheol is the place of the dead, rendered “grave” in that psalm, and corresponds to the New Testament Hades. It is the common abode of the dead, receiving both the righteous and the wicked. Prophetically the verse discloses the inner experience of Christ in suffering, to be read as revealing His struggles with the enemy. The grievous speech spoken proudly and contemptuously by lying lips against the righteous displays the kind of opposition endured by the righteous sufferer. The verse stands as evidence that God is the one Lawgiver.
The prayer for lying lips to be silenced points in its context to the silence of the wicked in Sheol, the grave. Sheol is the place of the dead, rendered “grave” in that psalm, and corresponds to the New Testament Hades. It is the common abode of the dead, receiving both the righteous and the wicked. Prophetically the verse discloses the inner experience of Christ in suffering, to be read as revealing His struggles with the enemy. The grievous speech spoken proudly and contemptuously by lying lips against the righteous displays the kind of opposition endured by the righteous sufferer. The verse stands as evidence that God is the one Lawgiver.