Psalms 120:4
It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of iuniper.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
5Woe is to me that I remaine in Meschech, and dwell in the tentes of Kedar.
Cross References
Psalms 7:13Hee hath also prepared him deadly weapons: hee will ordeine his arrowes for them that persecute me.
Psalms 52:5So shall God destroy thee for euer: he shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and roote thee out of ye land of the liuing. Selah.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they brag in their talke, and swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?
Proverbs 11:9An hypocrite with his mouth hurteth his neighbour: but the righteous shall be deliuered by knowledge.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.
Proverbs 16:27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning 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 →