psalm

A Prayer for Help

120 
When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord,

and he answered me.

Save me, Lord,

from liars and deceivers.

You liars, what will God do to you?

How will he punish you?

With a soldier’s sharp arrows,

with red-hot coals!

Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech

or among the people of Kedar.[a]

I have lived too long

with people who hate peace!

When I speak of peace,

they are for war.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 120:5 Two distant regions, whose people were regarded as savages.