Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Cross References
Psalms 7:13And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.
Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, 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 who [say they] doth hear?
Proverbs 11:9With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
Proverbs 16:27A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on 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 →