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Verse Psalms 120:4. _SHARP ARROWS_] The _Chaldee_ has, "The strong,
sharp arrows are like lightning from above, with coals of _juniper_
kindled in hell beneath." On the _juniper_, Job 30:4, where thi...
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SHARP ARROWS OF THE MIGHTY - This is an answer to the question in
Psalms 120:3. The consequence - the effect - of such a use of the
tongue must be like sharp and piercing arrows, or like intensely
bur...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXX. PRAYER AGAINST CALUMNIATORS. Here begin the Psalms of Ascents,
_i.e._ Pss. intended to be sung by the pilgrims at the three great
feasts on their way up to Jerusalem, which stood on a height. Psa...
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MIGHTY. Mighty [One]....
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SHARP ARROWS OF THE MIGHTY— _Sharp arrows of the mighty_ [_shot_]
_from coals of juniper._ Hiller. Hierophut. 255. Hamm. "All the reward
thou shalt meet with shall be a swift vengeance from the Almigh...
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PSALMS 120
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Peace _versus_ War.
ANALYSIS
(See Inserted Headlines.)
(Lm.) Song of the Steps.
(A GRATEFUL KING'S MEMORIAL.)
1
Unto Jehovah in the distress that befell me
I calle...
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Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
SHARP ARROWS OF THE MIGHTY, WITH COALS OF JUNIPER. The "sharp arrows
of the mighty" are those that are "sharp in the heart of the King's
enemies...
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A cry for help to Jehovah in the midst of sore distress, evidently by
an exile under foreign oppression....
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'Sharp arrows of a mighty man, with glowing coals of broom,' i.e.
burning charcoal made of broom. Both expressions are figures for
divine judgments: cp. Psalms 140:10....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We will go up to Jerusalem" (Luke 18:31
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SHARP. — Better, _sharpened, whetted,_ as if for a purpose.
JUNIPER. — Properly, _broom._ Hebrew, _rothem,_ a plant identical
with the Arabian _retem_ and Algerian _retama._ (See 1 Kings 19:4.)
Doctor...
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חִצֵּ֣י גִבֹּ֣ור שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם
גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃...
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Psalms 120:1
THE collection of pilgrim songs is appropriately introduced by one
expressive of the unrest arising from compulsory association with
uncongenial and hostile neighbours. The psalmist lamen...
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WHERE TO FIND HELP
Psalms 120:1; Psalms 121:1
This is the first of the “Songs of Degrees.” It has been suggested
that they were pilgrim-songs to beguile the journeys from all parts of
the country to...
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The next fifteen psalms appear to have formed a book of themselves
bearing the title, "The Songs of Ascents." That collection is
incorporated by the editor at this point not without purpose.
The title...
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_Israel. The Church militant. (Worthington) --- These figurative
expressions shew that God will never cease to protect his people.
(Berthier)_...
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If we read another Psalm to this effect, and which hath been always
considered as referring to Jesus, we shall find how the holy sufferer
complains of false witnesses rising up against him. Psalms 35:...
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4._The arrows of a strong man sharpened, with coals of juniper. _Here
the Psalmist amplifies in another way the malice of such as distress
the simple and innocent by their calumnies, affirming that th...
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We now come, Psalms 120-134, to the songs of degrees, which depict, I
doubt not, the outward circumstances of the same period, when Israel
is in the land, but the power of Gog not yet destroyed. The f...
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SHARP ARROWS OF THE MIGHTY, WITH COALS OF JUNIPER. Some think these
words describe lying lips, and a false tongue; which are like arrows,
sharp ones, sent out from a bow drawn with a mighty hand, whic...
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Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Ver. 4. _Sharp arrows of the mighty_] Arrows sharp, and shot with
force. A false tongue is likened to a sharp razor, Psalms 52:4; to a
sharp sword,...
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_Deliver my soul from lying lips_ From the unjust censures and
malicious slanders of mine enemies; _and from a deceitful tongue_
Which covers mischievous designs under pretences of kindness. _What
sha...
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PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM SLANDER AND DECEIT.
A song of degrees, literally, "of ascents," the first of fifteen
psalms designated by that name, the reference being either to the fact
that these hymns...
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Sharp arrows of the mighty, inflictions of a most destructive kind,
WITH COALS OF JUNIPER, the charcoal made of the wood of the broom-tree
retaining its heat longest; a picture, therefore, of long-con...
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SHARP ARROWS OF THE MIGHTY, WITH COALS OF JUNIPER:
Or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man with coals of juniper...
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1-4 The psalmist was brought into great distress by a deceitful
tongue. May every good man be delivered from lying lips. They forged
false charges against him. In this distress, he sought God by ferv...
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So this verse contains an answer to the question PSA 120 3, and
declares the slanderer's recompence; which is the wrath and vengeance
of the mighty God, which in Scripture, and particularly in this bo...
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Psalms 120:4 Sharp H8150 (H8802) arrows H2671 warrior H1368 coals
H1513 tree H7574
Sharp - etc. or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with
coals of juniper....
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CONTENTS: Prayer for deliverance from the mischief designed by false
and malicious tongues.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: It is often the lot of the innocent that there are those
who carry...
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This and the fourteen psalms which follow, are entitled, “Songs of
Mahaloth, or degrees.” Kimchi, and some of the rabbins say, they
were so called because they were sung on the steps of the second
tem...
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_Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper._
“SHARP ARROWS OF THE MIGHTY, WITH COALS OF JUNIPER”
Thy arrows are not pointless, and thou aimest them with some
precision; but on my side is the...
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_In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and He heard me._
THE SONGS OF DEGREES
How came this and fourteen following psalms to be put together, and to
receive their distinctive title? It has been sugge...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 120:1. Psalms 120:1 is the first of the
“Songs of Ascents” ...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 120:3 The psalm now addresses the person who is
causing the trouble.
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THE SONGS OF DEGREES
PSALMS 120-134
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The principal hypotheses on which to account for the “Songs of
Degrees,” “Songs of Ascents,” “Pilgrim Psalms,” and to each
of which great na...
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EXPOSITION
THE_ _SONGS_ _OF_ _ASCENTS_._
THE next fifteen psalms have a common heading, which is translated
"Songs of Degrees," "Songs of Ascents," or "Songs of Steps." They
constitute together "a Li...
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This time let's turn in our Bibles to Psalms 120:1-7 to begin our
Bible study this evening. Now you'll notice these psalms have a
heading. The psalm, "A song of degrees." The word literally is
ascents...
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Deuteronomy 32:23; Deuteronomy 32:24; James 3:5; Proverbs 11:12;...
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Arrows — The wrath and vengeance of the mighty God, which in
scripture is often compared to arrows, and here to coals of juniper,
which burn very fiercely and retain their heat for a long time....