Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Parallel translations
- WEB Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
- KJV Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from 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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Quick answer
He prays for deliverance from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. Slander and deceit are real dangers from which only God can rescue.
Overview
The psalmist's chief affliction is the destructive speech of others, 'lying lips' and a 'deceitful tongue.' He turns not to revenge but to God for rescue. This honest plea reminds us that words wound deeply, and it points to Christ, who though slandered entrusted Himself to the God who judges justly.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 140:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
- Prov 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
- Ps 109:1–2For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
- Ps 52:2–4Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Matt 26:59–62Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Ps 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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