The Book of Psalms

Chapter 120

American Standard Version

Ps 120:1In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
Ps 120:2Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue.
Ps 120:3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
Ps 120:4Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
Ps 120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Ps 120:6My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
Ps 120:7I am for peace: But when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.