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Psalms 120:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. "
Psalms 120:2
Verse in Context
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1 In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.
2 Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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Psalms 120:1
"In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me."
Psalms 120:3
"What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?"
Psalms 120:4
"Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper."
Psalms 120:5
"Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!"
Psalms 120:6
"My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace."
Psalms 120:7
"I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war."
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