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Midrasch zu Tehillim 59:13

חַטַּאת־פִּ֗ימוֹ דְּֽבַר־שְׂפָ֫תֵ֥ימוֹ וְיִלָּכְד֥וּ בִגְאוֹנָ֑ם וּמֵאָלָ֖ה וּמִכַּ֣חַשׁ יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃

Sündhaft ist ihr Mund, das Wort ihrer Lippen, — dass sie in ihrem Hochmut zu Falle kommen! — Und nur von Falscheiden und Trug erzählen sie einander.

Midrash Tanchuma

For the sin of their mouth (ibid.). They sinned with their mouths and through the words of their lips. Doeg said: I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, (I Sam. 22:9), and Ahithophel said unto Absalom: Go into thy father’s concubines, that he hath left (II Sam. 16:21).
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber

[(Gen. 11:1:) NOW THE WHOLE EARTH HAD ONE LANGUAGE.] This text is related (to Ps. 59:12 [11]): DO NOT KILL THEM LEST MY PEOPLE FORGET; MAKE THEM WANDER BY YOUR POWER AND BRING THEM DOWN.93Tanh., Gen. 2:17; cf. Gen. R. 38:1. Against whom did David speak this scripture? He spoke it against none other than Doeg and Ahithophel. David said to the Holy One: Sovereign of the World, do not kill them by a death that you use on the rest of Adam's children; but {make them wander in the world} [MAKE THEM WANDER BY YOUR POWER] to be homeless nomads in the world. [AND BRING THEM DOWN:] and bring them down from their arrogance. Why? (Ps. 5:11 [10]:) BECAUSE THEY REBELLED AGAINST YOU. (Ps. 59:13 [12]:) FOR THE SIN OF THEIR MOUTH AND THE WORD OF THEIR LIPS < means > that they had sinned with their mouth and again with their lips. Doeg said (in I Sam. 22:9): I SAW THE SON OF JESSE COME TO NOB…. Ahithophel said to Absalom (in II Sam. 16:21): GO IN TO YOUR FATHER'S CONCUBINES…. < That was > THE SIN OF THEIR MOUTH, which they had sinned with their mouth. THE WORD OF THEIR LIPS: By the < actual > utterance on their lips. Ergo (in Ps. 59:13 [12], cont.): {THEY WERE TRAPPED IN THEIR SPEECH} [LET THEM BE TRAPPED BY THEIR PRIDE].
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Midrash Tanchuma Buber

Another interpretation: He spoke it against none other than the generation of the dispersion. (Ps. 59:12 [11]:) DO NOT KILL THEM by the death that you used on the generation of the flood. Rather (ibid., cont.): MAKE THEM WANDER BY YOUR POWER. Make them homeless nomads in the world. Thus it is stated (in Gen. 11:8): SO THE LORD DISPERSED THEM. (Ps. 59:13 [12]:) FOR THE SIN OF THEIR MOUTH < means > that they had sinned with their mouth. (Ibid., cont.:) THE WORD OF THEIR LIPS < means > that they had sinned with their lips. Therefore (ibid., cont.): LET THEM BE TRAPPED BY THEIR PRIDE. {Thus it is stated.}
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