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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 120:2
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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, (<193120>Psalm 31:20 <235417>Isaiah 54:17). Such were the lips and tongues of Doeg the Edomite, (<195202>Psalm 52:2-4), and of Saul’s courtiers, who insinuated to him that David sought his hurt, (<092409>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”, (<402649>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.
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