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Berean Standard Bible

“Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.”

Psalms 120:2

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Psalm 120 opens the Songs of Ascents, pilgrim songs sung on the way to Jerusalem. It begins in distress, with a cry to the Lord from someone surrounded by hostility.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

World English Bible (WEB)

Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

King James Version (KJV)

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Libra mi alma, oh Jehová, de labio mentiroso, de la lengua fraudulenta.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Líbrame, Señor, de los mentirosos y de los calumniadores.

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