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

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A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.
2
O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

The Fate of the Deceitful

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What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
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Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

Lamenting Exile Among the Hostile

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Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
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Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.
7
I am peace, and when I speak they are for war!
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