Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
5Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell amongst the tents of Kedar!
Cross References
Psalms 7:13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”
Proverbs 11:9With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbour, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
Proverbs 11:18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man devises mischief. 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 →