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Psalms 120

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Key Verse

Psalms 120:2 KJV

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

Outline

  • Deliver My Soul O Lord From Lying Lips (v1-2)
  • What Shall Be Done To You, You False Tongue? (v3-4)
  • My Soul Has Dwelt Too Long With One Who Hates Peace (v5-7)

Context

  • Written in Hebrew
  • Passage type · Poetic
  • 7 verses · 95 words

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A Song of degrees.

1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

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

3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?ab

4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.c

5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.d

  1. a 120:3 What shall be given…: or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, what shall is profit thee?
  2. b 120:3 done: Heb. added
  3. c 120:4 Sharp…: or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper
  4. d 120:7 for peace: or, a man of peace
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