Psalms 120
120
A Song of Ascents.
1In my distress I cried unto the LORD,
And he answered me.
2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee,
Thou deceitful tongue?
4Sharp arrows of the mighty,
With coals of juniper.
5Woe is me,
That I sojourn in Meshech,
That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6My soul hath long had her dwelling
With him that hateth peace.
7I am for peace:
But when I speak, they are for war.
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Psalms 120
120
(A song for worship.)
A prayer for the LORD's help
1When I am in trouble, I pray,
2“Come and save me, LORD,
from deceitful liars!”
3What punishment is fitting
for you deceitful liars?
4Your reward should be
sharp and flaming arrows!
5But I must live as a foreigner
among the people of Meshech
and in the tents of Kedar.#120.5 Meshech…Kedar: Meshech was a country near the Black Sea, and Kedar was a tribe of the Syrian desert.
6I have spent too much time
living among people
who hate peace.
7I am in favour of peace,
but when I speak of it,
all they want is war.
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