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Psalms 120

1 I call out to the LORD when I'm in trouble, and he answers me.

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

2 Lord, save me from people whose lips tell lies. Save me from people whose tongues don't tell the truth.

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

3 What will the LORD do to you, you lying tongue? And what more will he do?

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

4 He will punish you with the sharp arrows of a soldier. He will punish you with burning wood from a desert tree.

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

5 How terrible it is for me to live in the tents of the people of Meshech! How terrible to live in the tents of 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 among those who hate peace.

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

7 I want peace. But when I speak, they want war.

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