Psalm 120
A Cry for Truth and Peace
A song of ascents.
1 In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.(A)
2 “Lord, rescue me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”(B)
3 What will he give you,
and what will he do to you,
you deceitful tongue?(C)
4 A warrior’s sharp arrows
with burning charcoal![a](D)
5 What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,[b](E)
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar![c](F)
6 I have dwelt too long
with those who hate peace.(G)
7 I am for peace; but when I speak,
they are for war.(H)
Footnotes
- 120:4 Lit with coals of the broom bush
- 120:5 = a people far to the north of Palestine
- 120:5 = a nomadic people of the desert to the southeast