Psalm 120

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Psalm 120

^*A Song of degrees.

¹In ^amy distress I cried unto the Lord,

And he heard me.

²Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,

^*And from a deceitful tongue.

³^||What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be ^†done unto thee,

Thou false tongue?

⁴^||^bSharp arrows of the ^cmighty,

With coals of ^ejuniper.

⁵Woe is me, that I sojourn in ^fMesech,

That I dwell in the tents of ^gKedar!

⁶My soul hath ^hlong dwelt

With him that hateth peace.

⁷ⁱI am ^||for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

*Ps. 121–134, titles. Comp. 1 Kin. 12:27 (Heb.). Ps. 42:4. Isai. 30:29, or Ezra 7:9.
a Jonah 2:2. So Ps. 118:5. See Ps. 66:14.
||Or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, What shall it profit thee?
†Heb. added. So 1 Sam. 3:17 marg?
||Or, It is as d the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper.
bSee Ps. 45:5.
c Ps. 127:4 Jer. 50:9. Comp. Ps. 52:1. Comp. also Neh. 9:32?
e Job 30:4. So 1 Kin. 19:4, 5.
f Gen. 10:2. 1 Chr. 1:5. Ezek. 27:13. & 38:2, 3. & 39:1 in the Heb.
gSee Isai. 60:7.
hSee Ps. 129:1 marg. So Ps. 123:3 (Heb.).
iComp. Ps. 109:4. & 147:14 marg.
||Or, a man of peace.

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