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Psalm 120

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

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!

6 I have had to live far too long with those who hate peace.

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

The Message Bible MSG

1 I'm in trouble. I cry to God, desperate for an answer:

2 "Deliver me from the liars, God! They smile so sweetly but lie through their teeth."

3 Do you know what's next, can you see what's coming, all you barefaced liars?

4 Pointed arrows and burning coals will be your reward.

5 I'm doomed to live in Meshech, cursed with a home in Kedar,

6 My whole life lived camping among quarreling neighbors.

7 I'm all for peace, but the minute I tell them so, they go to war!