Psalms 120:2
Deliver my soul, Lord, from lying lips,from a deceitful tongue.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
In Context
1A Song of Ascents.In my distress, I cried to the Lord.He answered me.
3What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you,you deceitful tongue?
Cross References
Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up.They ask me about things that I do not know about.
Psalms 52:6The righteous also will see it, and fear,and laugh at him, saying,
Psalms 140:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.Deliver me, Lord, from the evil man.Preserve me from the violent man;
Micah 6:12Her rich men are full of violence,her inhabitants speak lies,and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
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 →