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Psalm 120

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

1 When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord, and he answered me.

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

2 Lord, save me from liars and from those who plan evil.

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

3 You who plan evil, what will God do to you? How will he punish you?

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

4 He will punish you with the sharp arrows of a warrior and with burning coals of wood.

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

5 How terrible it is for me to live in the land of Meshech, to live among the people of Kedar.

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

6 I have lived too long with people who hate peace.

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

7 When I talk peace, they want war. A song for going up to worship.