Psalms 120:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 120

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²Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Psalms 120:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Psalms 140:1-3
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; …
Psalms 109:1-2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; …
Psalms 52:2-4
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. …
Psalms 35:11
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Deceit Deception Depravity of Man False Teachers Falsehood Guilt Liars

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

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 sought his ruin, and had almost effected it, by lying. (1.) By telling lies to him. They flattered him with professions and protestations of friendships, and promises of kindness a…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

Psa 120:1-7. This is the first of fifteen Psalms (Psalms 120-134) entitled “A Song of Degrees” (Psa 121:1--literally, “A song for the degrees”), or ascents. It seems most probable they were designed for the use of the people when going up (compare 1Ki 12:27, 28) to Jerusalem on the festival occasions (De 16:16), three times a year. David appears as the author of four, Solomon of one (Psa 127:1), a…