Psalms 120:4
Arrows of warrior, sharpened, with glowing broom coals together.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3What shall he give to you, you tongue that is crafty? What yet shall he give to you?
5Woe is me that I sojourn in Meshech, that I live by the tents of Kedar.
Cross References
Psalms 7:13his deadly weapons are ready, his arrows he makes of flame.
Psalms 52:5But God, on his part, shall destroy you forever, grasp you and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah
Psalms 59:7Look at their venomous mouths, tongues like swords, they think no one hears them.
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 →