Psalms

Psalm 120 A song of ascents. I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me.

Save me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?

He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.