THE BOOK OF
PSALMS
PSALM 120

Call upon the Lord when in distress.

A SONG OF DEGREES.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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