Psalms 120:3

מַה ־ יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה ־ יֹּסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

In Context

2יְֽהוָה הַצִּילָה נַפְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת ־ שֶׁקֶר מִלָּשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה ׃

4חִצֵּי גִבּוֹר שְׁנוּנִים עִם גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Job 27:8כִּי מַה ־ תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלוֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃

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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