Psalms 120:4
He will shoot sharp arrows at you like soldiers do, and he will burn you with red-hot coals from the wood of a broom tree.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 7:13You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
Psalms 52:5But God will get rid of you forever; he will grab you and drag you from your home and take you away from this world where people are alive. (Think about that!)
Psalms 59:7They loudly say terrible things; they say [MTY] many things that injure people like [MET] swords do, but they think, “No one will [RHQ] hear us!”
Proverbs 11:9Godless people can ruin others by what they say [MTY], but righteous people will be saved by their ◄own good sense/being wise►.
Proverbs 11:18If wicked people earn a lot of money, that will deceive them because they will not keep it for very long, but those who do what is right will surely be rewarded by God forever.
Proverbs 16:27Worthless people plan ways to cause trouble for others, and even what they say injures people like a hot fire does [SIM].
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 →