Psalm 120:2
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Verse 2. -- Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, etc. In the drop of venom which distils from the sting of the smallest insect, or the spike of the nettle leaf, there is concentrated the quintessence of a poison so subtle that the microscope cannot distinguish it, and yet so virulent that it can inflame the blood, irritate the whole constitution, and convert day and night into restless misery; so it is sometimes with the words of the slanderer. --Frederick William Robertson.
Verse 2. -- Lying lips bore false witness against him, or with a "deceitful tongue" tried to ensnare him, and to draw something from him, on which they might ground an accusation. --George Horne.
HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS
Verse 2. -- The unjustly slandered have, besides the avenging majesty of their God to protect them, many other consolations, as
Verse 2. -- A prayer against slander. We are liable to it; it would do us great injury and cause us great pain; yet none but the Lord can protect us from it, or deliver us out of it.