Psa 120 | EE | STEP | This is a song for climbing. I cried to the LORD in my trouble and he answered me.

Psalms 120

LORD, Give Me Peace

This is a song for climbing.

1 I cried to the LORD in my trouble

and he answered me.

2 LORD, save me from lips that tell lies.

And save me from a false tongue. ^{▼▼120:2 The word LORD is a special Bible word. It is one of God’s many names. It is his covenant name. A covenant is when two people (or groups of people) agree. Here, God agreed to love his people and to send them help. His people agreed to love and obey God. LORD is ‘Yahweh’ in Hebrew. Hebrew is the language that the psalmist spoke. There is another word ‘Lord.’ This means ‘master’ or ‘someone with authority.’ Often it is a name for God, but not in this psalm.}

3 What will he do to you

and what else will happen to you, you false tongue?

4 The sharp arrows of a soldier will hurt you,

like wood that is burning.

5 It is bad for me to live in Mesech,

with a home among the tents of Kedar.

6 I have lived too long with the people that hate peace.

7 I want peace, but when I say this they want war.