Psalms 120:4
Behold, he who guards Israel will neither sleep, nor slumber.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3May he not allow your foot to be moved, and may he not slumber, who guards you.
5The Lord is your keeper, the Lord is your protection, above your right hand.
Cross References
Psalms 7:13Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.
Psalms 52:5Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?
Psalms 59:7Save me with your right hand, and hear me.
Proverbs 11:9The pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledge.
Proverbs 11:18The impious does work with inconstancy. But for the sower of justice, there is the reward of faithfulness.
Proverbs 16:27The impious man digs up evil, and in his lips is a burning 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 →