--- title: "Psalms 120 - Study King James Bible with bullingers companion bible notes" description: "Read Psalms 120 with bullingers companion bible notes commentary. 1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given un" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/psalms/120" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/120)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/120)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/120) Audio 1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, *and* from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?** 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.* 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, *that* I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I *am for* peace: but when I speak, they *are* for war.* [Psalms 119](/study/psalms/119) [Psalms 121](/study/psalms/121) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Title. A Song.** Hebrew. *shir* . See App-65 : viz. one of the Songs promised by Hezekiah in [Isaiah 38:20](/kjv/isaiah/38/20) . **degrees** = the degrees, or steps. Hebrew. *hamma'aloth* (with Art.): i.e. the "degrees" mentioned six times in [2 Kings 20:8-11](/kjv/2-kings/20/8-11) , and five times in [Isaiah 38:8](/kjv/isaiah/38/8) (Hebrew) No other "degrees" known to Scripture which are connected with the shadow of the sun. For the origin, authorship, examination, and Structure, see App-67 , and note on p. 827. **distress.** The first Psalm of each of the five groups speaks of DISTRESS; the second of TRUST; the third of BLESSING AND PEACE IN ZION. The distress, here, refers to Sennacherib *'* s siege of Jerusalem ([2 Kings 19:3](/kjv/2-kings/19/3) .[Isaiah 37:3](/kjv/isaiah/37/3); [Isaiah 37:3](/kjv/isaiah/37/3) ). **cried.** See [2 Kings 19:3](/kjv/2-kings/19/3) , [2 Kings 19:4](/kjv/2-kings/19/4) ,[2Ki 19:14-19](/kjv/-2ki/19/14-19) . [2 Chronicles 32:20](/kjv/2-chronicles/32/20) . [Isaiah 37:15-20](/kjv/isaiah/37/15-20) ; [Isaiah 38:2](/kjv/isaiah/38/2) , [Isaiah 38:3](/kjv/isaiah/38/3) . 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