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Psalm 120

1 In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he hearkened to me.

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

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

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

3 What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee, for thy crafty tongue?

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

4 Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

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

5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.

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

6 My soul has long been a sojourner;

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

7 I was peaceable among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.

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

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