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Psalm 120

Psa. 120:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Deliver
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, from lying
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
, and from a deceitful
rmiyah (Hebrew #7423)
remissness, treachery
KJV usage: deceit(- ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.
Pronounce: rem-ee-yaw'
Origin: from 7411
tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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from lying lips.
Psa. 35:11• 11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not. (Psa. 35:11)
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Psa. 52:2‑4• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
 3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
 4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue! (Psa. 52:2‑4)
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Psa. 109:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, be not silent:
 2For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue, (Psa. 109:1‑2)
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Psa. 140:1‑3• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
 2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; every day are they banded together for war.
 3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psa. 140:1‑3)
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Matt. 26:59‑62• 59And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
 60And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward
 61and said, *He* said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it.
 62And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee? (Matt. 26:59‑62)
• The character of evil is spoken of: deceit and hostile power. It was grief of heart to have constantly to say to this. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.