Psalms, Chapter 120
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This is Psalms, chapter 120, a sacred text in the Judaism tradition. You can read it here verse by verse for free, listen to it read aloud, and follow cross-references that connect its themes to other traditions.
1
A song of ascents.aascents A term of uncertain meaning. In my distress I called to GOD—who answered me.
2
O ETERNAL One, save me from treacherous lips,from a deceitful tongue!
3
What can you profit,what can you gain,O deceitful tongue?
4
A warrior’s sharp arrows,with hot coals of broom-wood.
5
Woe is me, that I live with Meshech,that I dwell among the clans of Kedar.
6
Too long have I dwelt with those who hate peace.
7
I am all peace;but when I speak,they are for war.