Psalms

Chapter 120

Prayer Against Deceit and False Tongues

The psalmist cries to the Lord in distress and asks to be delivered from lying lips and deceitful tongues. He expresses his distress at dwelling among enemies who hate peace, though he himself desires peace. When he speaks for peace, his enemies speak of war.

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¹In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

²Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

⁴Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

⁵Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

⁶My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

⁷I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

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