Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
This is the first of fifteen Psalms (Psalms 120-134) entitled "A Song of Degrees" (Psalms 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 I Kings 12:27-28) to Jerusalem on the festival occasions (Deuteronomy 16:16), three times a year. David appears as the author of four, Solomon of one (Psalms 127:1), and the other ten are anonymous, probably composed after the captivity. In this Psalm the writer acknowledges God's mercy, prays for relief from a malicious foe, whose punishment he anticipates, and then repeats his complaint. (Psalms 120:1-7)
Slander and deceit charged on his foes implies his innocence.
tongue—as in Psalms 52:2, Psalms 52:4.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 120:3:
Psalms 120:2-3
Psalms 120:4
Hosea 7:16
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