Psalms 120:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ What shall be givena unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? ”

Psalms 120:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What shall be given unto thee? - Margin, “What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee;” or, “what shall it profit thee?” Luther, “What can the false tongue do?” Others render this, “How will G...
Psalms 120:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou (c) false tongue? (c) He assured himself that God would turn their craft to their own destruction.
Psalms 120:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXX. Prayer Against Calumniators. Here begin the Psalms of Ascents, i.e. Pss. intended to be sung by the pilgrims at the three great feasts on their way up to Jerusalem, which stood on a height....
Psalms 120:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

done . heaped upon: i.e. added to. Compare 1 Samuel 3:17 ; 1 Samuel 20:13 , &c.
Psalms 120:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. What shall the tongue of deceit give thee? (50) The Prophet aggravates the malice of his enemies by asserting that they were so wickedly inclined as to be driven to evil speaking when th...
Psalms 120:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? What shall be given unto thee? - Thou art worthy of the heaviest punishments.
Psalms 120:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? - literally, 'What shall...
Psalms 120:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A cry for help to Jehovah in the midst of sore distress, evidently by an exile under foreign oppression.
Psalms 120:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

What shall... ? — Literally, What will he give to thee, and what will he add to thee, deceitful tongue ? where it is better, as in the Authorised Version, to take the subject as indefinite, and s...
Psalms 120:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 120:1-7 THE collection of pilgrim songs is appropriately introduced by one expressive of the unrest arising from compulsory association with uncongenial and hostile neighbours. The psalmist...
Psalms 120:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Where to Find Help Psalms 120:1-7 ; Psalms 121:1-8 This is the first of the “Songs of Degrees.” It has been suggested that they were pilgrim-songs to beguile the journeys from all parts of the...
Psalms 120:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The next fifteen psalms appear to have formed a book of themselves bearing the title, "The Songs of Ascents." That collection is incorporated by the editor at this point not without purpose. The tit...
Psalms 120:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we read another Psalm to this effect, and which hath been always considered as referring to Jesus, we shall find how the holy sufferer complains of false witnesses rising up against him. Psalms 3...
Psalms 120:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

What shall be given unto thee ?.... Or, "what shall [it] give unto thee?" s That is, what shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee, O my soul? or to thee, to anyone that hears and reads this psalm?...
Psalms 120:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Ver. 3. What shall be given unto thee? &c. ] That is (as Austin senseth it), what remedy is there for thee?...
Psalms 120:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deliver my soul from lying lips From the unjust censures and malicious slanders of mine enemies; and from a deceitful tongue Which covers mischievous designs under pretences of kindness. What sh...
Psalms 120:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confession and Complaints. A song of degrees. 1 In my distress I cried unto the L ORD , and he heard me. 2 Deliver...
Psalms 120:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What shall be given unto thee, whosoever thou art who art guilty of these practices? He applies himself severally to the consciences of every one of them. Or he designs Doeg or some other person in...
Psalms 120:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SONGS OF DEGREES Psalms 120-134 GENERAL INTRODUCTION The principal hypotheses on which to account for the “Songs of Degrees,” “Songs of Ascents,” “Pilgrim Psalms,” and to each of which great...
Psalms 120:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 120:1 . In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Slander occasions distress of the most grievous kind. Those who have felt the edge of a cruel tongue know assuredly that it i...
Psalms 120:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This and the fourteen psalms which follow, are entitled, “Songs of Mahaloth, or degrees.” Kimchi, and some of the rabbins say, they were so called because they were sung on the steps of the second te...
Psalms 120:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and He heard me. The Songs of Degrees How came this and fourteen following psalms to be put together, and to receive their distinctive title? It has been s...
Psalms 120:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE SONGS OF ASCENTS . THE next fifteen psalms have a common heading, which is translated "Songs of Degrees," "Songs of Ascents," or "Songs of Steps." They c...
Psalms 120:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for Deliverance from Slander and Deceit. A song of degrees, literally, "of ascents," the first of fifteen psalms designated by that name, the reference being either to the fact that these h...
Psalms 120:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 27:8 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Romans 6:21

Psalms 120:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 120:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 120:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 120:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Psalms 120:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 120:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

Psalms 120:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 120:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 120:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 120:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 120:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 120:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 120:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 120:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 120:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 120:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 120:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 120:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 120:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 120:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 120:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 120:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 120:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge