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1 In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
2 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.
7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
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Psalms 120 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 26 cross-references.
Cross-references in Psalms 120 (26)
- v.7 Matthew 5:9
- v.1 Psalms 18:6
- v.1 Jonah 2:2
- v.1 Psalms 118:5
- v.1 Hebrews 5:7
- v.1 Psalms 50:15
- v.1 Psalms 130:1
- v.1 Psalms 125:1
- v.1 Psalms 107:13
- v.1 Luke 22:44
- v.1 Psalms 131:1
- v.1 Isaiah 37:3-4
- v.1 Isaiah 37:14-20
- v.1 Psalms 134:1
- v.1 Psalms 132:1
- v.1 Psalms 124:1
- v.1 Psalms 127:1
- v.1 Psalms 30:7-8
- v.1 Psalms 121:1
- v.7 Psalms 109:4
- v.1 Psalms 133:1
- v.1 Psalms 102:2
- v.1 Psalms 122:1
- v.1 Isaiah 38:2-5
- v.1 Psalms 128:1
- v.4 James 3:5-8
Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 120:1–7 (49 words)
1
- אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
- יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- בַּצָּרָ֣תָהbaṣṣārātâtsarah: tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rivalH6869
- לִּ֑יlî
- קָ֝רָ֗אתִיqārāʾtîqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
- וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃wayyaʿănēnî`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
2
- יְֽהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- הַצִּ֣ילָהhaṣṣîlânatsal: to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337
- נַ֭פְשִׁיnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- מִשְּׂפַתmiśśĕpatsaphah: the lip (as a natural boundary); (by implication) languageH8193
- שֶׁ֑קֶרšeqersheqer: an untruth; (by implication, often adverbial) a fraud or deceit (i.e. fraudulently, deceitfully)H8267
- מִלָּשׁ֥וֹןmillāšônlashown: the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and...H3956
- רְמִיָּֽה׃rĕmiyyârmiyah: remissness, treacheryH7423
3
- מַהmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- יִּתֵּ֣ןyittēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
- לְ֭ךָlĕkā
- וּמַהûmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
- יֹּסִ֥יףyōsîpyacaph: to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)H3254
- לָ֗ךְlāk
- לָשׁ֥וֹןlāšônlashown: the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and...H3956
- רְמִיָּֽה׃rĕmiyyârmiyah: remissness, treacheryH7423
4
- חִצֵּ֣יḥiṣṣêchets: (properly) a piercer, i.e. an arrow; (by implication) a woundH2671
- גִבּ֣וֹרgibbôrgibbowr: powerful; (by implication) a warrior, tyrantH1368
- שְׁנוּנִ֑יםšĕnûnîmshanan: to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierceH8150
- עִ֝֗םʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
- גַּחֲלֵ֥יgaḥălêgechel: an emberH1513
- רְתָמִֽים׃rĕtāmîmrethem: the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems)H7574
5
- אֽוֹיָהʾôyâowyah: woeH190
- לִ֭יlî
- כִּיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- גַ֣רְתִּיgartîguwr: (properly) to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose)H1481
- מֶ֑שֶׁךְmešekMeshek: Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from himH4902
- שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּיšākantîshakan: to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)H7931
- עִֽםʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
- אָהֳלֵ֥יʾāhŏlêohel: a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)H168
- קֵדָֽר׃qēdārQedar: dusky (of the skin or the tent); Kedar, a son of IshmaelH6938
6
- רַ֭בַּתrabbatrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
- שָֽׁכְנָהšākĕnâshakan: to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)H7931
- לָּ֣הּlāh
- נַפְשִׁ֑יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- עִ֝֗םʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
- שׂוֹנֵ֥אśônēʾsane': to hate (personally)H8130
- שָׁלֽוֹם׃šālômshalowm: safe; (figuratively) well, happy, friendlyH7965
7
- אֲֽנִיʾănîaniy: IH589
- שָׁ֭לוֹםšālômshalowm: safe; (figuratively) well, happy, friendlyH7965
- וְכִ֣יwĕkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- אֲדַבֵּ֑רʾădabbērdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
- הֵ֝֗מָּהhēmmâhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
- לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃lammilḥāmâmilchamah: a battle (i.e. the engagement); (generally) war (i.e. warfare)H4421
Strong's words in Psalms 120 (6)
- Strong's H5973 — עִ֝֗ם (ʿim)
- `im (eem) prep. 1. adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications 2. specifically, equally with 3. often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) [from H6004] KJV: accompanying, against, and, as (X long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al). Root(s): H6004. Appears 3 times in Psalms 120.
- Strong's H3068 — יְ֭הוָה (yĕhwâ)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 2 times in Psalms 120.
- Strong's H3956 — מִלָּשׁ֥וֹן (millāšôn)
- lashown (law-shone') (or lashon {law-shone'} also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'};) n-m. 1. the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water) [from H3960] KJV: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge. Root(s): H3960. Appears 2 times in Psalms 120.
- Strong's H4100 — מַה (ma)
- mah (maw) (or mah {mah} or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh};) p/i. 1. (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?) 2. (also, exclamation) what! (including how!) 3. (indefinitely) what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which) 4. often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses [a primitive particle] KJV: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.. Appears 2 times in Psalms 120.
- Strong's H5315 — נַ֭פְשִׁי (napšî)
- nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2. used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) [from H5314] KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it. Root(s): H5314. Appears 2 times in Psalms 120.
- Strong's H7423 — רְמִיָּֽה׃ (rĕmiyyâ)
- rmiyah (rem-ee-yaw') n-f. 1. remissness, treachery [from H7411] KJV: deceit(- ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful. Root(s): H7411. Appears 2 times in Psalms 120.