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2Thy tongue deviseth{H8799)} mischiefs; like a sharp{H8794)} razor, working{H8802)} deceitfully.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: …
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The title is a brief account of the story which the psalm refers to. David now, at length, saw it necessary to quit the court, and shift for his own safety, for fear of Saul, who had once and again attempted to murder him. Being unprovided wit harms and victuals, he, by a wile, got Ahimelech the priest to furnish him with both. Doeg an Edomite happened to be there, and he went and informed Saul ag…
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