Psalms 120:3
What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
In Context
2Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.
4It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of iuniper.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende 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 →