Psalm 120
American Standard Version (1901)
Chapter overview
Psalm 120 begins the pilgrimage songs with distress over lying lips and destructive speech. Living far from peace, the speaker longs for truth and reconciliation among neighbors who answer peaceful intentions with war.
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1In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
2Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue.
3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
4Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
7I am for peace: But when I speak, they are for war.
American Standard Version (1901) — Public Domain. Where these translations come from.