Psalms 120:2
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 120 connects to 10 cross-references. The first of fifteen Songs of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) likely used by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. This lament cries to the Lord from Meshech and Kedar — symbols of hostile foreign lands — about lying lips and deceitful tongues. The …
Other Translations
Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, Andfrom a deceitful tongue.
O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!
O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.
Cross References
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against …
Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?