Psalm 120 – Prayer for Deliverance from Slander and Treachery

120 A song of ascents.

120 In distress I cried to the Lord,

and he answered me.

2 ‘Deliver me, Lord,

from the lip that is false

and the tongue that is crafty.’

3 What shall he give to you,

you tongue that is crafty?

What yet shall he give to you?

4 Arrows of warrior, sharpened,

with glowing broom coals together.

5 Woe is me that I sojourn in Meshech,

that I live by the tents of Kedar.

6 Already too long have I dwelt

among those who hate peace.

7 I am for peace:

but when I speak of it,

they are for war.