Psalm 120

Names of God Bible

Psalm 120

A song for going up to worship.

¹When I was in trouble, I cried out to Yahweh,
and he answered me.
²O Yahweh, rescue me from lying lips
and from a deceitful tongue.

³You deceitful tongue, what can Yahweh give you?
What more can he do for you?
⁴ He will give you a warrior’s sharpened arrows and red-hot coals.

⁵How horrible it is to live as a foreigner in Meshech
    or to stay in the tents of Kedar.
⁶        I have lived too long with those who hate peace.
⁷        I am for peace, but when I talk about it,
            they only talk about war.