Psalms 120:3 · KJV
“What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? {What shall be given...: or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, what shall it profit thee?} {done: Heb. added}”
— Psalms 120:3
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, {and} from a deceitful tongue.
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. {Sharp...: or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper}
Psalms 120 — Context
[A Song of degrees.] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, {and} from a deceitful tongue.
3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? {What shall be given...: or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, what shall it profit thee?} {done: Heb. added}
4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. {Sharp...: or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper}
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, {that} I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Cross References
Job 27:8
For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Romans 6:21
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things {is} death.