Psalm 120 - New King James Version (NKJV)

Plea for Relief from Bitter Foes

A Song of Ascents.

120 In (A)my distress I cried to the Lord,
And He heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.

3 What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the [a]warrior,
With coals of the broom tree!

5 Woe is me, that I dwell in (B)Meshech,
(C)That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul has dwelt too long
With one who hates peace.
7 I am for peace;
But when I speak, they are for war.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 120:4 mighty one

Cross references

  1. Psalm 120:1 : Jon. 2:2
  2. Psalm 120:5 : Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5; Ezek. 27:13; 38:2, 3; 39:1
  3. Psalm 120:5 : Gen. 25:13; Is. 21:16; 60:7; Jer. 2:10; 49:28; Ezek. 27:21