Discovery BoxPsalms 71:23 
Context71:23 My lips will shout for joy! Yes, 1 I will sing your praises!
I will praise you when you rescue me! 2
Psalms 120:2
Context120:2 I said, 3 “O Lord, rescue me 4
from those who lie with their lips 5
and those who deceive with their tongue. 6
Psalms 140:9
Context140:9 As for the heads of those who surround me –
may the harm done by 7 their lips overwhelm them!
1 tn Or “when.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) has an emphasizing (asseverative) function here.
2 tn Heb “and my life [or “soul”] which you will have redeemed.” The perfect verbal form functions here as a future perfect. The psalmist anticipates praising God, for God will have rescued him by that time.
3 tn The words “I said” are supplied in the translation for clarification. See the introductory note for this psalm.
4 tn Or “my life.”
5 tn Heb “from a lip of falsehood.”
6 tn Heb “from a tongue of deception.”
7 tn Heb “harm of their lips.” The genitive here indicates the source or agent of the harm.
