Psalms 120:2
O Yahweh! rescue thou my soul—from the false lip, from the deceitful tongue.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
In Context
1Unto Yahweh, in the distress that befell me, I cried—and he answered me.
3What shall be given to thee, and what shall be added to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Cross References
Psalms 35:11There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:
Psalms 52:6The righteous shall both see and fear, And, over him, shall laugh:
Psalms 140:1Rescue me, O Yahweh, from the men of mischief, From the men of violence, wilt thou preserve me:
Micah 6:12For, her rich men, are full of violence, and, her inhabitants, have spoken falsehood,—and, their tongue, is deceitful in their mouth.
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 →