Psa 120 | Jub | STEP | <<A Song of degrees.>> In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me.

Psalms 120

1 <> In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips [and] from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul has long dwelt with those that hate peace. 7 I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.: