Psalm 120
Darby Translation · 7 verses
A Song of degrees.
1In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.2Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.3What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?4Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!6My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.7I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.Darby's Synopsis
We now come, Psalms 120-134, to the songs of degrees, which depict, I doubt not, the outward circumstances of the same period, when Israel is in the land, but the power of Gog not yet destroyed. The first of this series begins with the statement of the cry sent up by the godly in his distress to Jehovah who heard. The special charge here is deceit and falsehood. Judgment should come on it.
Text: J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages, public domain. Emphasized words are Darby's own. Provenance on the sources page.