Psalm 120

A Prayer for Deliverance from Deceitfulness

120¹ I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me. ² Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. ³ What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue? ⁴ He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.

⁵ Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar! ⁶ Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. ⁷ I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.