Psalms 120:2
My help shall come from the Lord, 1 Who made the heaven and the earth. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
In Context
1A Song of Degrees. 1 I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, 1 Whence my help shall come. 1
3Let not thy foot be moved; 1 And let not thy keeper slumber. 1
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Extend thy mercy to them that know thee; 1 And thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 1
Psalms 52:6For God has scattered the bones of the men pleasers; 1 They were ashamed, for God despised them. 1
Psalms 140:1A Psalm of David. 1 O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: 1 Attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee. 1
Micah 6:12whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted 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 →