In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
Psalm 120:1
Berean Standard Bible · 7 verses
The first of the songs of ascents, a group of short psalms traditionally linked with pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. The writer has cried to the LORD in distress and been answered, asks to be rescued from lying lips, and grieves at living so long among people who hate peace.
A song of ascents.
1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
7I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
Psalm 120:1
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 120:2
I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
Psalm 120:7