Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
In Context
3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
5Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
Cross References
Psalms 7:13Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.
Psalms 52:5Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 59:7Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'
Proverbs 11:9With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.
Proverbs 16:27A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips — 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 →