Proverbia 120:2

Nova Vulgata

Domine, libera animam meam a labiis mendacii, a lingua dolosa.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Auxilium meum a Domino, qui fecit c�lum et terram.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Auxilium meum a Domino,
qui fecit c�lum et terram.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

from lying lips: Psalms 35:11, Psalms 52:2-4, Psalms 109:1, Psalms 109:2, Psalms 140:1-3, Matthew 26:59-62

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

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue. Not from such lips, and such a tongue of his own, which David abhorred; though every good man desires to be kept from speaking lies and deceit; nor from the company of those who have such lips and tongues, which he was determined should not dwell with him; but from the malignity of them, from being hurt in his character and reputation by them; God can restrain them, and prevent the ill influence of them when he pleases, Psalms 31:20. Such were the lips and tongues of Doeg the Edomite, Psalms 52:2, and of Saul's courtiers, who insinuated to him that David sought his hurt, 1 Samuel 24:9; and of the Scribes and Pharisees, that flattered Christ to his face, and reproached him to the people; and of Judas, that betrayed him with "Hail, master", Matthew 26:49; and of the false witnesses suborned against him; and of false teachers, deceitful workers, that lie in wait to deceive, and, by their good words and fair speeches, do deceive the hearts of the simple; and of antichrist and his followers, who, as they are given up to believe a lie, speak lies in hypocrisy; and of Satan the father of lies, and who is the old serpent, the devil, that deceives the whole world: and to be delivered from the bad effects of such lips and tongues is very desirable.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 refers to the soul as such, then it means that everything pertaining to his soul was deeply affected by the course which was pursued. He was maligned, slandered, misrepresented, deceived, and he had no comfort or peace.

From lying lips - False, deceitful, slanderous. Compare the notes at Psalms 31:18.

And from a deceitful tongue - From a tongue whose statements cannot be relied on; whose words are deceptive; whose promises are false. David was often called to experience troubles of this sort; and this is a kind of trial which may come upon anyone in a form which he can no more anticipate or prevent than he can the coming of a “mist from the ocean.” No man can certainly guard against the influence of falsehood; no man can be sure that all that will be said to him is true; no man can be certain that all the promises made to him - save those made to him by God - will be performed.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 120:2. Lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. — From a people without faith, without truth, without religion; who sought by lies and calumnies to destroy them.