Psalms 120:2
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Majority Standard Bible
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 cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
Psalms 52:6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
Psalms 140:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
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 →