Psalms 120:2
O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
In Context
1A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, and He answered me.
3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
Psalms 52:6(52-8) The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Psalms 140:1(140-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (140-2) Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man;
Micah 6:12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken 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 →