Psalms 120

1 “A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.

2 O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!

3 What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?

4 It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.

5 Alas for me, that I sojourn in Mesech, That I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

7 I am for peace; yet, when I speak for it, They are for war.