Psalm 120

A song of ascents.

1I call on the Lord in my distress,

and he answers me.

2Save me, O Lord, from lying lips

and from deceitful tongues.

3What will he do to you,

and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?

4He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,

with burning coals of the broom tree.

5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech,

that I live among the tents of Kedar!

6Too long have I lived

among those who hate peace.

7I am a man of peace;

but when I speak, they are for war.