Psalms 120

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1 A song of ascents. The LORD answered me when I called in my distress:	1 A song of ascents. The LORD answered me when I called in my distress:
2 LORD, deliver me from lying lips, from treacherous tongues.	2 LORD, deliver me from lying lips, from treacherous tongues.
3 What will the Lord inflict on you, O treacherous tongue, and what more besides?	3 What will the Lord inflict on you, O treacherous tongue, and what more besides?
4 A warrior's sharpened arrows and fiery coals of brush wood!	4 A warrior's sharpened arrows and fiery coals of brush wood!
5 Alas, I was an alien in Meshech, I lived near the tents of Kedar!	5 Alas, I was an alien in Meshech, I lived near the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long did I live among those who hated peace.	6 Too long did I live among those who hated peace.
7 When I spoke of peace, they were for war.	7 When I spoke of peace, they were for war.