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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Psalms 120"
description: "Overview  Psalms 120:1, David prays against Doeg; Psalms 120:3, reproves his tongue; Psalms 120:5, complains of his necessary conversation with the wicke"
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**Overview**
**** [Psalms 120:1](../../../kjv/psalms/120/1), David prays against Doeg; [Psalms 120:3](../../../kjv/psalms/120/3), reproves his tongue; [Psalms 120:5](../../../kjv/psalms/120/5), complains of his necessary conversation with the wicked.
Bp. Patrick and others suppose this Psalm to have been composed by David, when the calumnies of Doeg and others forced him to flee his country. [Psalms 121:1](../../../kjv/psalms/121/1), [Psalms 122:1](../../../kjv/psalms/122/1), [Psalms 123:1](../../../kjv/psalms/123/1), [Psalms 124:1](../../../kjv/psalms/124/1), [Psalms 125:1](../../../kjv/psalms/125/1), [Psalms 126:1](../../../kjv/psalms/126/1), [Psalms 127:1](../../../kjv/psalms/127/1), [Psalms 128:1](../../../kjv/psalms/128/1), [Psalms 129:1](../../../kjv/psalms/129/1) *titles [Psalms 130:1](../../../kjv/psalms/130/1), [Psalms 131:1](../../../kjv/psalms/131/1), [Psalms 132:1](../../../kjv/psalms/132/1), [Psalms 133:1](../../../kjv/psalms/133/1), [Psalms 134:1](../../../kjv/psalms/134/1) *titles

**my distress:** [Psalms 18:6](../../../kjv/psalms/18/6), [Psalms 30:7](../../../kjv/psalms/30/7), [Psalms 30:8](../../../kjv/psalms/30/8), [Psalms 50:15](../../../kjv/psalms/50/15), [Psalms 107:13](../../../kjv/psalms/107/13), [Psalms 116:3](../../../kjv/psalms/116/3), [Psalms 116:4](../../../kjv/psalms/116/4), [Psalms 118:5](../../../kjv/psalms/118/5), [Isaiah 37:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/3), [Isaiah 37:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/4), [Isaiah 37:14-20](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/14-20), [Isaiah 38:2-5](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/2-5), [Jonah 2:2](../../../kjv/jonah/2/2), [Luke 22:44](../../../kjv/luke/22/44), [Hebrews 5:7](../../../kjv/hebrews/5/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Judges 15:19](../../../kjv/judges/15/19) - Enhakkore [2 Samuel 22:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/22/7) - my distress [2 Chronicles 14:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/14/11) - cried unto [Psalms 6:9](../../../kjv/psalms/6/9) - hath heard

**from lying lips:** [Psalms 35:11](../../../kjv/psalms/35/11), [Psalms 52:2-4](../../../kjv/psalms/52/2-4), [Psalms 109:1](../../../kjv/psalms/109/1), [Psalms 109:2](../../../kjv/psalms/109/2), [Psalms 140:1-3](../../../kjv/psalms/140/1-3), [Matthew 26:59-62](../../../kjv/matthew/26/59-62)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 39:17](../../../kjv/genesis/39/17) - *General* [Nehemiah 6:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/6/10) - Let us meet [Job 15:5](../../../kjv/job/15/5) - thou choosest [Psalms 6:4](../../../kjv/psalms/6/4) - deliver [Psalms 52:5](../../../kjv/psalms/52/5) - God [Proverbs 6:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/17) - lying [Jeremiah 9:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/3) - they bend [Jeremiah 9:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/6) - habitation [Matthew 12:34](../../../kjv/matthew/12/34) - how [Mark 12:14](../../../kjv/mark/12/14) - Master

**What shall:** etc. or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee, or, What shall it profit thee, [Job 27:8](../../../kjv/job/27/8), [Matthew 16:26](../../../kjv/matthew/16/26), [Romans 6:21](../../../kjv/romans/6/21)
**done:** Heb. added
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 31:1](../../../kjv/genesis/31/1) - Jacob [Genesis 39:14](../../../kjv/genesis/39/14) - an Hebrew [Exodus 23:1](../../../kjv/exodus/23/1) - shalt not [Judges 9:20](../../../kjv/judges/9/20) - let fire come out [Nehemiah 6:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/6/10) - Let us meet [Job 15:5](../../../kjv/job/15/5) - thou choosest [Psalms 18:13](../../../kjv/psalms/18/13) - coals [Psalms 59:12](../../../kjv/psalms/59/12) - For the [Psalms 109:2](../../../kjv/psalms/109/2) - with [Proverbs 6:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/17) - lying [Proverbs 10:31](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/31) - the froward [Proverbs 19:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/5) - false [Proverbs 25:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/25/18) - *General* [Isaiah 3:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/11) - given him [Jeremiah 9:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/8) - tongue [Jeremiah 23:36](../../../kjv/jeremiah/23/36) - for every

**Sharp:** etc. or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper. [Psalms 57:4](../../../kjv/psalms/57/4), [Psalms 59:7](../../../kjv/psalms/59/7), [Proverbs 11:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/9), [Proverbs 11:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/12), [Proverbs 11:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/18), [Proverbs 16:27](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/27), [Proverbs 18:8](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/8), [Proverbs 18:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/21), [James 3:5-8](../../../kjv/james/3/5-8)
**arrows:** [Psalms 7:13](../../../kjv/psalms/7/13), [Psalms 52:5](../../../kjv/psalms/52/5), [Psalms 140:9](../../../kjv/psalms/140/9), [Psalms 140:11](../../../kjv/psalms/140/11), [Deuteronomy 32:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/23), [Deuteronomy 32:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/24), [Proverbs 12:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/12/22), [Proverbs 19:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/5), [Proverbs 19:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/9), [Revelation 21:8](../../../kjv/revelation/21/8)
**Reciprocal:** [Judges 9:20](../../../kjv/judges/9/20) - let fire come out [1 Chronicles 1:29](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/1/29) - Kedar [Job 20:26](../../../kjv/job/20/26) - a fire [Psalms 18:13](../../../kjv/psalms/18/13) - coals [Psalms 59:12](../../../kjv/psalms/59/12) - For the [Psalms 140:10](../../../kjv/psalms/140/10) - burning coals [Proverbs 10:31](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/31) - the froward [Proverbs 25:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/25/18) - *General* [Proverbs 26:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/26/21) - *General* [Song of Solomon 8:6](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/8/6) - the coals [Isaiah 3:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/11) - given him [Isaiah 5:28](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/28) - arrows [Romans 12:20](../../../kjv/romans/12/20) - coals

**Woe:** [Jeremiah 9:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/2), [Jeremiah 9:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/3), [Jeremiah 9:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/6), [Jeremiah 15:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/10), [Micah 7:1](../../../kjv/micah/7/1), [Micah 7:2](../../../kjv/micah/7/2), [2 Peter 2:7](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/7), [2 Peter 2:8](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/8), [Revelation 2:13](../../../kjv/revelation/2/13)
**Mesech:** [Genesis 10:2](../../../kjv/genesis/10/2), [Ezekiel 27:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/27/13), Meshech.
**the tents:** [Genesis 25:13](../../../kjv/genesis/25/13), [1 Samuel 25:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/1), [Song of Solomon 1:5](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/5), [Isaiah 60:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/6), [Isaiah 60:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/7), [Jeremiah 49:28](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/28), [Jeremiah 49:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/29)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 26:19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/19) - they have driven [Psalms 35:20](../../../kjv/psalms/35/20) - For [Proverbs 21:19](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/19) - better [Isaiah 21:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/16) - Kedar [Isaiah 42:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/42/11) - Kedar [Jeremiah 2:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/10) - the isles [Jeremiah 4:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/31) - Woe [Jeremiah 45:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/45/3) - Woe [Habakkuk 1:3](../../../kjv/habakkuk/1/3) - *General* [Romans 12:18](../../../kjv/romans/12/18) - *General*

**soul:** [Psalms 57:4](../../../kjv/psalms/57/4), [1 Samuel 20:30-33](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/30-33), [Ezekiel 2:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/6), [Matthew 10:16](../../../kjv/matthew/10/16), [Matthew 10:36](../../../kjv/matthew/10/36), [Titus 3:3](../../../kjv/titus/3/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Psalms 55:20](../../../kjv/psalms/55/20) - at peace [Proverbs 21:19](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/19) - better [Jeremiah 15:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/10) - a man [Micah 2:8](../../../kjv/micah/2/8) - securely [Habakkuk 1:3](../../../kjv/habakkuk/1/3) - *General* [Matthew 5:9](../../../kjv/matthew/5/9) - are [Hebrews 12:14](../../../kjv/hebrews/12/14) - Follow [1 Peter 3:11](../../../kjv/1-peter/3/11) - seek

**for peace:** or, a man of peace, [Psalms 34:14](../../../kjv/psalms/34/14), [Psalms 35:20](../../../kjv/psalms/35/20), [Psalms 55:20](../../../kjv/psalms/55/20), [2 Samuel 20:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/19), [Matthew 5:9](../../../kjv/matthew/5/9), [Romans 12:18](../../../kjv/romans/12/18), [Ephesians 2:14-17](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/14-17), [Hebrews 12:14](../../../kjv/hebrews/12/14)
**when:** [1 Samuel 24:9-11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/9-11), [1 Samuel 26:2-4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/2-4)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 13:9](../../../kjv/genesis/13/9) - if thou wilt [Numbers 20:20](../../../kjv/numbers/20/20) - Thou shalt [Deuteronomy 2:32](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/32) - *General* [Deuteronomy 20:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/20/11) - tributaries [Judges 11:14](../../../kjv/judges/11/14) - again unto [Psalms 68:30](../../../kjv/psalms/68/30) - delight [Psalms 140:2](../../../kjv/psalms/140/2) - continually [Micah 2:8](../../../kjv/micah/2/8) - securely [1 Peter 3:11](../../../kjv/1-peter/3/11) - seek

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