Psalms 120:3
For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
In Context
2Blessed are they who search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
4Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
Romans 6:21What fruit therefore had you then in those things, of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.
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 →