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Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.
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The Weapon of Words
Commentators emphasize that the psalmist's cry is against a verbal assault. Scholars like Spurgeon describe "lying lips" as murderous weapons that suck the life out of a person's character. The pain is not superficial; Albert Barnes notes that the very soul is harassed and distressed. This verse validates the deep wound that slander and deceit can inflict on a believer.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Deliver my soul, O Lord - My soul is harassed and distressed. Perhaps the meaning also may be, My life is in danger. Or, if it refe…
19th Century
Anglican
Deliver ... —This is the cry for help that was just mentioned. This idea is one we have encountered frequently. Of all the element…
Baptist
Lips are soft; but when they are lying lips, they suck away the life of character and are as murderous as razors. Lips should never be red…
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16th Century
Protestant
O Jehovah! deliver my soul from the lip of falsehood. David now points out the kind of his affliction, declaring that he was burdened with…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, [and] from adeceitful tongue.
Not from su…
The psalmist was brought into great distress by a deceitful tongue. May every good man be delivered from lying lips. They forged false charges agai…
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