Psalm 120
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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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1A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have called to YHWH in my distress, || And He answers me.
2O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip, || From a deceitful tongue!
3What does He give to you? And what does He add to you? O deceitful tongue!
4Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with coals of broom trees.
5Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, || I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
6My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.
7I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!
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