Psalms 120:1

1 A song of ascents: I called to ADONAI in my distress, and he answered me.

Psalms 120:1 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 120:1

In my distress I cried unto the Lord
Being at a distance from his own country, or, however, from the house of God; persecuted by men, under the lash of their tongues; reproached, abused, and belied by them: in this his case and circumstances, he betook himself by prayer to the Lord, and importuned help and deliverance of him, knowing that none could help him as he; see ( Psalms 18:6 ) ;

and he heard me;
answered him, and delivered him. The petition he put up follows, which shows his case, and his particular distress.

Psalms 120:1 In-Context

1 A song of ascents: I called to ADONAI in my distress, and he answered me.

2 Rescue me, ADONAI, from lips that tell lies, from a tongue full of deceit.

3 What has he in store for you, deceitful tongue? What more will he do to you?

4 A warrior's sharp arrows, with red-hot coals from a broom tree.

5 How wretched I am, that I'm an alien in Meshekh, that I must live among the tents of Keidar!