Psalms 120:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽהוָ֗ה הַצִּ֣ילָה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת־שֶׁ֑קֶר מִלָּשׁ֥וֹן רְמִיָּֽה

Transliteration

YHWH haṣṣîlâ napšî from-śəpat-šeqer from-lāšôn rəmîyâ

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*haṣṣîlâ*: verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular - deliver/rescue
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life
*śəpat*: noun, feminine construct - lip of/speech of
*šeqer*: noun, masculine singular - falsehood/lie
*lāšôn*: noun, feminine singular - tongue/language
*rəmîyâ*: noun, feminine singular - deceit/treachery

Word Meanings

*haṣṣîlâ*: deliver/rescue/save
*napšî*: my soul/my life/myself
*śəpat-šeqer*: lying lips/false speech/deceptive language
*lāšôn rəmîyâ*: deceitful tongue/treacherous language

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {H5542} 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Ps 109:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
Ps 140:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man: 2 Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
Matt 26:59-62 : 59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death; 60 and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two, 61 and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. 62 And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

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