Psalms 120:3
What shall be given to thee, and what shall be added to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
In Context
2O Yahweh! rescue thou my soul—from the false lip, from the deceitful tongue.
4The arrows of the hero sharpened, with burning coals of broom.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
Romans 6:21What fruit, therefore, had ye then—in things for which ye now are taking shame to yourselves? For, the end of those things, is death.
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 →