Psalms 120
The speaker cries out to the Lord in distress, asking for deliverance from deceitful and lying people. They wish for punishment upon those with deceitful tongues, comparing it to sharp arrows and burning coals. The speaker feels out of place among people who hate peace, as they themselves desire peace but are met with hostility when they speak.
1In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.2Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.3What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?4A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!5Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!6Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!
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