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Psalm 63:11

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63:11But the king23 will rejoice in God;

everyone who takes oaths in his name24 will boast,

for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.25

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Footnotes

  1. 23 The psalmist probably refers to himself in the third person here.
  2. 24 Heb “who swears [an oath] by him.”
  3. 25 The Niphal of this verb occurs only here and in Gen 8:2, where it is used of God “stopping” or “damming up” the great deep as he brought the flood to an end.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the king shall rejoice in God;

all who swear by him shall exult,

for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the king will rejoice in God;

all who swear by God will glory in him,

while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the king will rejoice in God;

all who swear by him will boast,

for the mouths of liars will be shut.

NLTNew Living Translation

But the king will rejoice in God.

All who swear to tell the truth will praise him,

while liars will be silenced.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

However, the king will rejoice in God.

Everyone who swears an oath by him will boast,

because the mouth of the liars will be stopped.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.