Psalms 120:2
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
In Context
1In my distress I cried to LORD, and he answered me.
3What shall be given to thee, and what shall be done more to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I know not.
Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying],
Psalms 140:1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man,
Micah 6:12For the rich men of it are full of violence, and the inhabitants of it have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 120:2-5
Confession and Complaints. 1 In my distress I cried unto the Lord , and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord , from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Here is, I. Deliverance from a false tongue obtained by prayer. David records his own experience of this. 1. He was brought into distress, into great distress, by lying lips and a deceitful tongue. There were those that… Read the whole commentary →