Psalms 120:2
Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
In Context
1{A Song of degrees.} In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.
3What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.
Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying,]
Psalms 140:1{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
Micah 6:12For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak 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 →