Psalms 120
This psalm portrays a speaker crying out to God for deliverance from deceitful speech. The speaker describes living among people hostile to peace, emphasizing a personal commitment to peace in contrast to their readiness for conflict.
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1 In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
2 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.
7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.