Psalms 120:3
What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
In Context
2O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!
4It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?
Romans 6:21What fruit then had ye at that time from those things of which ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
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 →