Psalms 120:2

יְֽהוָה הַצִּילָה נַפְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת ־ שֶׁקֶר מִלָּשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

In Context

1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֶל ־ יְהוָה בַּצָּרָתָה לִּי קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי ׃

3מַה ־ יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה ־ יֹּסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 35:11יְקוּמוּן עֵדֵי חָמָס אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יָדַעְתִּי יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי ׃

Psalms 52:6אָהַבְתָּ כָֽל ־ דִּבְרֵי ־ בָלַע לְשׁוֹן מִרְמָֽה ׃

Psalms 140:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃

Micah 6:12אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׁירֶיהָ מָלְאוּ חָמָס וְיֹשְׁבֶיהָ דִּבְּרוּ ־ שָׁקֶר וּלְשׁוֹנָם רְמִיָּה בְּפִיהֶֽם ׃

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 →

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