Parallel Bible results for "Psalm 120"

Psalms 120

1 When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord, and he answered me.

1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.

2 Save me, Lord, from liars and deceivers.

2 Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

3 You liars, what will God do to you? How will he punish you?

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

4 With a soldier's sharp arrows, with red-hot coals!

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

5 Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech or among the people of Kedar.

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

6 I have lived too long with people who hate peace!

6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

7 When I speak of peace, they are for war.

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