Psalms 120:1, David prays against Doeg; Psalms 120:3, reproves his tongue; 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.
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Psalms 120
Psalms 120 — Overview
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Psalms 120 — OverviewPsalms 120 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis psalm is the first of those fifteen which are here put together
under the title of "songs of degrees." It is well that it is not
material what the meaning of that title should be, for nothing is
offered…Psalms 120 — OverviewPsalms 120 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSong of degrees. This psalm, and the fourteen following, are called "songs of degrees", or "ascents" ; for what reason it is not easy to say. Some think it refers to the music of them, and that this is the name of the…Psalms 120:1-4Psalms 120:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. Deliverance from a false tongue obtained by prayer. David
records his own experience of this.
1. He was brought into distress, into great distress, by lying lips and
a deceitful tongue. There were…Psalms 120:1Psalms 120:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryIn my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. The particular "distress' intended can only be conjectured. Some suppose it to be the Captivity itself, others the opposition offered by the Samaritans, Ammonites,…Psalms 120:1Psalms 120:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryA dark fact explained and illuminated.
The dark fact is human distress; the explanation is the prayer it leads to; the illumination, the answer it brings. We have here—
I. A TOO RARE PERSONAGE. "In my distress, I,"…Psalms 120:1-7Psalms 120:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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 Little Psalter," which…