1 David prays against Doeg
3 Reproves his tongue
5 Complains of his necessary conversation with the wicked

Title - A Song of Degrees. 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. Ps 121:1 122:1 123:1 124:1 125:1 126:1 127:1 128:1 129:1 130:1 131:1 132:1 133:1 134:1

my distress Ps 18:6 30:7,8 50:15 107:13 116:3,4 118:5 Isa 37:3,4,14 38:2-5 Jon 2:2 Lu 22:44 Heb 5:7

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

from lying lips Ps 35:11 52:2-4 109:1,2 140:1-3 Mt 26:59-62

3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

what shall, etc. or. What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, what shall it profit thee? Job 27:8 Mt 16:26 Ro 6:21

done. Heb. added

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

sharp, etc. or, it is as the sharp arrows of the mighty men, with coals of juniper. Ps 57:4 59:7 Pr 11:9,12,18 16:27 18:8,21 Jas 3:5-8

arrows Ps 7:13 52:5 140:9,11 De 32:23,24 Pr 12:22 19:5,9 Re 21:8

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

woe Jer 9:2,3,6 15:10 Mic 7:1,2 2Pe 2:7,8 Re 2:13

Mesech Ge 10:2 Eze 27:13

the tents Ge 25:13 1Sa 25:1 So 1:5 Isa 60:6,7 Jer 49:28,29

6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

soul Ps 57:4 1Sa 20:30-33 Eze 2:6 Mt 10:16,36 Tit 3:3

7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

for peace. or, a man of peace Ps 34:14 35:20 55:20 2Sa 20:19 Mt 5:9 Ro 12:18 Eph 2:14-17 Heb 12:14

when 1Sa 24:9-11 26:2-4