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Psalms 120:2

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

KJV

Auxilium meum a Domino, qui fecit cælum et terram.

Vulgate

ἡ βοήθειά μου παρὰ Κυρίου τοῦ ποιήσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.

LXX

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, Andfrom a deceitful tongue.

ASV

יְֽהוָ֗ה הַצִּ֣ילָ/ה נַ֭פְשִׁ/י מִ/שְּׂפַת שֶׁ֑קֶר מִ/לָּשׁ֥וֹן רְמִיָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 177×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ם
m
noun · 116×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
רְמִיָּֽה
rmyh
noun · 15×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jas 3:6 — And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
  • Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 9:6 — Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
  • Job 15:5 — For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
  • Matt 12:34 — O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Prov 6:17 — A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 12:22 — Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
  • Ps 31:18 — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
  • Ps 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 109:1 — Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
  • Ps 109:2 — For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
  • Ps 140:1 — Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;