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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 120:1

my distress: Psalms 18:6, Psalms 30:7, Psalms 30:8, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 107:13, Psalms 116:3, Psalms 116:4, Psalms 118:5, Isaiah 37:3, Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:14-Proverbs :, Isaiah 38:2-Deuteronomy :, Jonah 2:2, Luke 22:44, Hebrews 5:7 Reciprocal: Judges 15:19 - Enhakkore 2 Samuel 22:7 - my distress 2 Chronicles 14:11 - cried unto Psalms 6:9 - hath heard read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 120:2

from lying lips: Psalms 35:11, Psalms 52:2-Numbers :, Psalms 109:1, Psalms 109:2, Psalms 140:1-Leviticus :, Matthew 26:59-1 John : Reciprocal: Genesis 39:17 - General Nehemiah 6:10 - Let us meet Job 15:5 - thou choosest Psalms 6:4 - deliver Psalms 52:5 - God Proverbs 6:17 - lying Jeremiah 9:3 - they bend Jeremiah 9:6 - habitation Matthew 12:34 - how Mark 12:14 - Master read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 120:3

What shall: etc. or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee, or, What shall it profit thee, Job 27:8, Matthew 16:26, Romans 6:21 done: Heb. added Reciprocal: Genesis 31:1 - Jacob Genesis 39:14 - an Hebrew Exodus 23:1 - shalt not Judges 9:20 - let fire come out Nehemiah 6:10 - Let us meet Job 15:5 - thou choosest Psalms 18:13 - coals Psalms 59:12 - For the Psalms 109:2 - with Proverbs 6:17 - lying Proverbs 10:31 - the froward Proverbs 19:5 - false Proverbs 25:18 - General Isaiah 3:11... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 120:4

Sharp: etc. or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper. Psalms 57:4, Psalms 59:7, Proverbs 11:9, Proverbs 11:12, Proverbs 11:18, Proverbs 16:27, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 18:21, James 3:5-Ruth : arrows: Psalms 7:13, Psalms 52:5, Psalms 140:9, Psalms 140:11, Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:24, Proverbs 12:22, Proverbs 19:5, Proverbs 19:9, Revelation 21:8 Reciprocal: Judges 9:20 - let fire come out 1 Chronicles 1:29 - Kedar Job 20:26 - a fire Psalms 18:13 - coals... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 120:4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.Arrows — The wrath and vengeance of the mighty God, which in scripture is often compared to arrows, and here to coals of juniper, which burn very fiercely and retain their heat for a long time. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 120:1

1. Distress… cried… heard This serial form trouble, prayer, and answer was common for David, and his faith in God touching the answer, gathered from past experience, was the ground of all his hope. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 120:2

2. Lying lips… deceitful tongue The source of his present trouble, and more terrible than weapons of war. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 120:3

3. What shall be given… thee It is more natural and consistent to take this grammatically obscure verse as an address to the tongue of guile: “What shall be given thee?” or rather, “What shall he [God] give to thee?” that is, as a punishment. The question is put sarcastically, and the anticipated answer is brought out in the next verse. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 120:4

4. Sharp arrows of the mighty The retributions of God shall pierce the soul as the sharpened arrows of the warrior penetrate the flesh. Coals of juniper The רתם , ( rothem,) answering to the Arabic retem, improperly translated “juniper,” is the broom tree, a notable shrub in Arabia Petrea. Thus Robinson: “One of the principal shrubs we met with is the retem, a species of broom plant, Genista roetam of Forskal. This is the largest and most conspicuous shrub of these deserts, growing... read more

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