Psalm 120

¹I cried out to the LORD when I was in trouble

(and he answered me):

²“LORD , deliver me from lying lips[#120.2 Or my soul ; also in 120:6]

and a dishonest tongue!”

³What more will be given to you,

what more will be done to you,

you dishonest tongue?

⁴Just this: a warrior’s sharpened arrows,[#120.4 Heb lacks .]

coupled with burning coals from a wood fire!

⁵Oh, I’m doomed

because I have been an immigrant in Meshech,

because I’ve made my home among Kedar’s tents.

⁶I’ve lived far too long

with people who hate peace.

⁷I’m for peace,

but when I speak, they are for war.