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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 120 - Introduction

* The psalmist prays to God to deliver him from false and malicious tongues. (1-4) He complains of wicked neighbours. (5-7)

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See also Psalms 120 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This is the first of fifteen psalms Ps. 120–134 to each of which is prefixed the title “A Song of Degrees.” Four of these psalms are ascribed to David, one of them to Solomon, and the rest are by unkn...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Psalmist begins by recalling his past experience of answered prayer (1): he prays that he may be delivered from the intrigues of unscrupulous enemies and that just retribution may be meted out to...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    CXX. This is the first of the fifteen “songs of degrees,” as the title appears in our version (“of steps” in the LXX. and Vulg.; literally, _of goings up_). The probable meaning of this strange inscri...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 120 A SONG OF DEGREES. This psalm, and the fourteen following, are called "songs of degrees", or "ascents" o; for what reason it is not easy to say. Some think it refers to the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2946. B.C. 1058._ This Psalm, with each of the fourteen which follow, is entitled A song of degrees, or, of ascensions; but it is very uncertain for what reason. “The more general opinion,” say...

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