Psalms 120

(A song for worship.)

A Prayer for the Lord’s Help

1 When I am in trouble, I pray,

2 "Come and save me, Lord,

from deceitful liars!"

3 What punishment is fitting

for you deceitful liars?

4 Your reward should be

sharp and flaming arrows!

5 But I must live as a foreigner

among the people of Meshech

and in the tents of Kedar.*120.5 Meshech … Kedar: Meshech was a country near the Black Sea, and Kedar was a tribe of the Syrian desert.

6 I have spent too much time

living among people

who hate peace.

7 I am in favor of peace,

but when I speak of it,

all they want is war.