Psalms 120:4
Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Cross References
Psalms 7:13(7:14) Also for him he prepareth the instruments of death; he fashioneth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms 52:5(52:7) [Therefore] God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. Selah.—
Psalms 59:7(59:8) Behold, they sputter with their mouth: swords are in their lips; for who, [say they,] doth hear?
Proverbs 11:9With his mouth doth the hypocrite destroy his neighbor; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked practiseth a work of falsehood; but he that soweth righteousness [obtaineth] the reward of truth.
Proverbs 16:27An ungodly man diggeth up mischief, and on his lips there is as it were a scathing 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 →