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Psalm 120

Sal. 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.
Sal. 35:11• 11Levantáronse testigos falsos; Demandáronme lo que no sabía; (Sal. 35:11)
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Sal. 52:2‑4• 2Agravios maquina tu lengua: Como navaja amolada hace engaño.
 3Amaste el mal más que el bien; La mentira más que hablar justicia. (Selah.)
 4Has amado toda suerte de palabras perniciosas, Engañosa lengua. (Sal. 52:2‑4)
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Sal. 109:1‑2• 1Al Músico principal: Salmo de David. Oh Dios de mi alabanza, no calles;
 2Porque boca de impío y boca de engañador se han abierto sobre mí: Han hablado de mí con lengua mentirosa, (Sal. 109:1‑2)
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Sal. 140:1‑3• 1Al Músico principal: Salmo de David. Líbrame, oh Jehová, de hombre malo: Guárdame de hombre violento;
 2Los cuales maquinan males en el corazón, Cada día urden contiendas.
 3Aguzaron su lengua como la serpiente; Veneno de áspid hay debajo de sus labios. (Selah.) (Sal. 140:1‑3)
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Mt. 26:59‑62• 59Y los príncipes de los sacerdotes, y los ancianos, y todo el consejo, buscaban falso testimonio contra Jesús, para entregale á la muerte;
 60Y no lo hallaron, aunque muchos testigos falsos se llegaban; mas á la postre vinieron dos testigos falsos,
 61Que dijeron: Este dijo: Puedo derribar el templo de Dios, y en tres días reedificarlo.
 62Y levantándose el pontífice, le dijo: ¿No respondes nada? ¿qué testifican éstos contra ti? (Mt. 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.