Psalm 120

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Psalm 120 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Psalm 120

A Cry for Truth and Peace

A song of ascents.

¹In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
²“Lord, rescue me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”

³What will he give you,
and what will he do to you,
you deceitful tongue?
⁴A warrior’s sharp arrows
with burning charcoal!^[a]

⁵What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,^[b]
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!^[c]
⁶I have dwelt too long
with those who hate peace.
⁷I am for peace; but when I speak,
they are for war.

Footnotes:

120:4 Lit with coals of the broom bush
120:5 = a people far to the north of Palestine
120:5 = a nomadic people of the desert to the southeast

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