Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3What shall be given unto you? or what shall be done unto you, you false tongue?
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Cross References
Psalms 7:13He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?
Proverbs 11:9An hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Proverbs 16:27An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
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 →