120 1 The prayer of David being vexed by the false reports of Saul’s flatterers. 5 And therefore he lamenteth his long abode among those infidels, 7 Who were given to all kinds of wickedness and contention.
A song of [a]degrees.
1 I called unto the Lord in my [b]trouble, and he heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
3 What doth thy [c]deceitful tongue bring unto thee? or what doth it avail thee?
4 It is as the [d]sharp arrows of a mighty man, and as the coals of Juniper.
5 Woe is to me that I remain in [e]Meshech, and dwell in the tents of [f]Kedar.
6 My soul hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7 I seek [g]peace, and when I speak thereof, they are bent to war.
Footnotes
- Psalm 120:1 That is, of lifting up the tune and rising in singing.
- Psalm 120:1 Albeit the children of God ought to rejoice when they suffer for righteous sake, yet it is a great grief to the flesh to hear evil for well doing.
- Psalm 120:3 He assured himself that God would turn their craft to their own destruction.
- Psalm 120:4 He showeth that there is nothing so sharp to pierce, nor so hot to set on fire, as a slanderous tongue.
- Psalm 120:5 These were people of Arabia, which came of Japheth, Gen. 10:2.
- Psalm 120:5 That is, of the Ishmaelites.
- Psalm 120:7 He declareth what he meaneth by Meshech, and Kedar, to wit, the Israelites which had degenerate from their godly fathers, and hated and contended against the faithful.