Psalms 120:2
O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
In Context
1A Song of the going up. In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.
3What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
Cross References
Psalms 35:11False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
Psalms 52:6\52:4\Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.
Psalms 140:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
Micah 6:12For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false 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 →