Psalm 120

Psalm 119 Psalm 121

Psalm 1201599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

120 1 The prayer of David being vexed by the false reports of Saul’s flatterers. 5 And therefore he lamenteth his long abode among those infidels, 7 Who were given to all kinds of wickedness and contention.

A song of ^[a]degrees.

¹I called unto the Lord in my ^[b]trouble, and he heard me.

²Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

³What doth thy ^[c]deceitful tongue bring unto thee? or what doth it avail thee?

⁴It is as the ^[d]sharp arrows of a mighty man, and as the coals of Juniper.

⁵Woe is to me that I remain in ^[e]Meshech, and dwell in the tents of ^[f]Kedar.

⁶My soul hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

⁷I seek ^[g]peace, and when I speak thereof, they are bent to war.

Footnotes:

Psalm 120:1 That is, of lifting up the tune and rising in singing.
Psalm 120:1 Albeit the children of God ought to rejoice when they suffer for righteous sake, yet it is a great grief to the flesh to hear evil for well doing.
Psalm 120:3 He assured himself that God would turn their craft to their own destruction.
Psalm 120:4 He showeth that there is nothing so sharp to pierce, nor so hot to set on fire, as a slanderous tongue.
Psalm 120:5 These were people of Arabia, which came of Japheth, Gen. 10:2.
Psalm 120:5 That is, of the Ishmaelites.
Psalm 120:7 He declareth what he meaneth by Meshech, and Kedar, to wit, the Israelites which had degenerate from their godly fathers, and hated and contended against the faithful.

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