Psalms120

Psalm 120 opens with the psalmist crying out to the LORD in distress, seeking deliverance from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. The psalmist questions the fate of such falsehood, envisioning sharp arrows and coals of juniper as their just recompense. A deep lament follows, expressing sorrow at dwelling among those who hate peace, specifically mentioning Mesech and Kedar.

A Cry for Deliverance

1
A song of degrees. I called vnto the Lord in my trouble, and hee heard me.
2
Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.

The Fate of the Deceitful

3
What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
4
It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of iuniper.

Lamenting Exile Among the Hostile

5
Woe is to me that I remaine in Meschech, and dwell in the tentes of Kedar.
6
My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7
I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.
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