“ Sharpb arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. ”
Sharp arrows of the mighty - This is an answer to the question in Psalms 120:3 . The consequence - the effect - of such a use of the tongue must be like sharp and piercing arrows, or like intens...
(d) Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. (d) He shows that there is nothing so sharp to pierce, nor so hot to set on fire, as a slanderous tongue.
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....
mighty . Mighty [One].
4. The arrows of a strong man sharpened, with coals of juniper. Here the Psalmist amplifies in another way the malice of such as distress the simple and innocent by their calumnies, affirmin...
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Sharp arrows - The Chaldee has, "The strong, sharp arrows are like lightning from above, with coals of juniper kindled in hell beneath." On the juni...
Sharp arrows of the mighty— Sharp arrows of the mighty [ shot ] from coals of juniper. Hiller. Hierophut. 255. Hamm. "All the reward thou shalt meet with shall be a swift vengeance from the Alm...
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. The "sharp arrows of the mighty" are those that are "sharp in the heart of the King's ene...
A cry for help to Jehovah in the midst of sore distress, evidently by an exile under foreign oppression.
Sharp. — Better, sharpened, whetted, as if for a purpose. Juniper. — Properly, broom. Hebrew, rothem, a plant identical with the Arabian retem and Algerian retama. (See 1 Kings 19:4-5...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Some think these words describe lying lips, and a false tongue; which are like arrows, sharp ones, sent out from a bow drawn with a mighty hand, w...
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Ver. 4. Sharp arrows of the mighty ] Arrows sharp, and shot with force. A false tongue is likened to a sharp razor, Psalms 52:4 ; to a sharp swo...
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...
Confession and Complaints. A song of degrees. 1 In my distress I cried unto the L ORD , and he heard me. 2 Deliver...
So this verse contains an answer to the question Psa 120 3 , and declares the slanderer's recompence; which is the wrath and vengeance of the mighty God, which in Scripture, and particularly in this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 32:23 ; Deuteronomy 32:24 ; James 3:5-8 ; Proverbs 11:12 ; Proverbs 11:18 ; Proverbs 11:9 ; Proverbs 12:22 ; Proverbs 16:27 ; Proverbs 18:21 ; Proverbs 18:8 ; Proverbs 19:5 ;...
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.