Psalms 120

A Prayer for Help

1When I was in trouble, I called to the LORD ,

and he answered me.

2Save me, LORD ,

from liars and deceivers.

3You liars, what will God do to you?

How will he punish you?

4With a soldier's sharp arrows,

with red-hot charcoal!

5Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech

or among the people of Kedar.

6I have lived too long

with people who hate peace!

7When I speak of peace,

they are for war.

Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.
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