1 A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. 3 What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree! 5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! 6 Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. 7 I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
Psalms 120
The complete chapter is stored in this page. A verse fragment in the URL highlights the requested range.
Semantically similar passages
Job 11:4–6
4 You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’ 5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you, 6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity d…
Job 19:1–3
1 Then Job answered: 2 “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? 3 Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
Psalms 139:20–22
20 who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain. 21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
Psalms 109:3–5
3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Psalms 71:3–5
3 Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless. 5 For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my y…
2 Esdras 16:16–18
16 Just as an arrow which is shot by a mighty archer doesn’t return backward, even so the calamities that are sent out upon earth won’t return again. (WEB) 17 Woe is me! Woe is me! Who will deliver me in those days? (WEB) 18 The beginning of sorrows, when there will be great mourni… (WEB)
Psalms 144:10–12
10 to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. 11 Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. 12 Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their yout…
Psalms 6:7–9
7 My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes. 8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping. 9 The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.