Psalms 120:3
What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
In Context
2O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!
4Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
Romans 6:21what fruit, therefore, were ye having then, in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those [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 →