KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 120:2–3
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Psalms 120:2
2Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
2Deliuer my soule, O LORD, from lying lips: and from a deceitfull tongue.
Psalms 120:3
3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
3‖†What shall be giuen vnto thee? or what shalbe done vnto thee, thou false tongue?
- Or, what shall the deceitfull tongue giue vnto thee? or what shall it profit thee?
- Heb. added.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 120:2
To rescue, set free, hand over, give up, or bring forth, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
False, dishonest, misleading, or disposed to deceive.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 120:3
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 2
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Open the full verse study1DELIVER me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
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Open the full verse study22Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
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Open the full verse study1HOLD not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
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Open the full verse study2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
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Open the full verse study59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
62And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
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Open the full verse study11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
From verse 3
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Open the full verse study8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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Open the full verse study26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Open the full verse study21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
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