Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Cross References
Psalms 7:13He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Proverbs 11:9With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching 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 →