Psalm 120

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Prayer for Deliverance from Slanderers

A Song of Ascents.

120 ^[a]In my distress I cry to the Lord,
    that he may answer me:
²“Deliver me, O Lord,
    from lying lips,
    from a deceitful tongue.”

³What shall be given to you?
    And what more shall be done to you,
    you deceitful tongue?
⁴A warrior’s sharp arrows,
    with glowing coals of the broom tree!

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

Footnotes

120 The first of the “Songs of Ascents,” or “Gradual Psalms,” that is, those that were recited or sung during the journey to Jerusalem on the occasion of the great pilgrim feasts.

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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