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Plea for Relief from Bitter Foes

A Song of Ascents.

1 In amy distress I cried to the Lord,
And He heard me. 
2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the1 warrior,
With coals of the broom tree! 
5 Woe is me, that I dwell in aMeshech,
bThat I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Psalms 120:2-3

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 120:2:

Psalms 120:2-3
Hosea 7:16

 

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