Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Parallel translations
- KJV Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
- BSB Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
- NKJV Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue.
- NASB Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.
- NLT Rescue me, O Lord, from liars and from all deceitful people.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 140:1–3For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;
- Prov 12:22Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.
- Ps 52:2–4Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Ps 109:1–2For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
- Ps 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
- Matt 26:59–62Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
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