Psalms 120

A song of ascents.

1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
2 Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

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Cross References 6

  • 1. S Psalms 18:6
  • 2. S 2 Samuel 22:7; S Psalms 118:5; Psalms 102:2; John 2:2
  • 3. S Psalms 31:18; Proverbs 12:22
  • 4. S Psalms 52:4
  • 5. S Deuteronomy 32:23; Psalms 45:5
  • 6. S Genesis 25:13; Jeremiah 2:10; Jeremiah 49:28

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