Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3What shall be given to thee, and what shall be done more to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Cross References
Psalms 7:13He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.
Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy thee forever. He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for [they say], Who hears?
Proverbs 11:9The hypocrite destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but the righteous shall be delivered through knowledge.
Proverbs 11:18A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
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 →