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Psalm 120
New King James Version

### Plea for Relief from Bitter Foes

#### A Song of Ascents.

120 In (A)my distress I cried to the Lord,
And He heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.

3 What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the [a]warrior,
With coals of the broom tree!

5 Woe is me, that I dwell in (B)Meshech,
(C)That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul has dwelt too long
With one who hates peace.
7 I am for peace;
But when I speak, they are for war.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 120:4 mighty one

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 120:1 : Jon. 2:2
2. Psalm 120:5 : Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5; Ezek. 27:13; 38:2, 3; 39:1
3. Psalm 120:5 : Gen. 25:13; Is. 21:16; 60:7; Jer. 2:10; 49:28; Ezek. 27:21

New King James Version (NKJV)

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