Psalms 120

Psalm 120

¹When I was in trouble, I cried out to the Lord ,

and he answered me.

²O Lord , rescue me from lying lips

and from a deceitful tongue.

³You deceitful tongue, what can the Lord give you?

What more can he do for you?

⁴He will give you a warrior’s sharpened arrows and red-hot coals.

⁵How horrible it is to live as a foreigner in Meshech

or to stay in the tents of Kedar.

⁶I have lived too long with those who hate peace.

⁷I am for peace, but when I talk about it,

they only talk about war.