Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 139:20

20 For they speak against thee wickedly , and thine enemies take thy Name in vain .

By profane scoffs, and a professed den[illegible: 1+ letters]al or contempt of thine Omniscience and Providence. Or, they speak of thee in or unto wickedness, they make use of Religion to cover or further their wicked designs. But our Translation is more favoured by the Context, which speaks of Gods open and professed enemies.

Or, according to the order of the Hebrew words, and take thy Name in vain, and are thine enemies, or haters of thee, as it follows v. 20. These words, thy Name, are understood here, as also Isa. 3. 7. out of Exod. 20. 7. where they are expressed. They abuse thy blessed Name with hellish oaths and perjuries and blasphemies.

Marginal references: Heb. speak of thee in wickedness, or, unto wickedness.