Psalm 120-121

English Standard Version

Deliver Me, O Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

120 In my distress I called to the Lord,
    and he answered me.
²Deliver me, O Lord,
    from lying lips,
    from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given to you,
    ^(B)and what more shall be done to you,
    you deceitful tongue?
⁴^(C)A warrior's ^(D)sharp arrows,
    with glowing ^(E)coals of the broom tree!

⁵Woe to me, that I sojourn in ^(F)Meshech,
    that I dwell among ^(G)the tents of ^(H)Kedar!
⁶Too long have I had my dwelling
    among those who hate peace.
⁷^(I)I am for peace,
    but when I speak, they are for war!

My Help Comes from the Lord

A Song of ^(J)Ascents.

121 I ^(K)lift up my eyes to ^(L)the hills.
From where does my help come?
²^(M)My help comes from the Lord,
who ^(N)made heaven and earth.

³He will not ^(O)let your foot be moved;
he who ^(P)keeps you will not slumber.
⁴Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your ^(Q)shade on your ^(R)right hand.
⁶^(S)The sun shall not ^(T)strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

⁷The Lord will ^(U)keep you from all evil;
    he will ^(V)keep your life.
⁸The Lord will keep
    your ^(W)going out and your coming in
    from this time forth and forevermore.