Psalm 120. Ad Dominum.

1. WHEN I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord, *
   and he heard me.
2. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, *
   and from a deceitful tongue.
3. What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue? *
   even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.
4. Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, *
   and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!
5. My soul hath long dwelt among them *
   that are enemies unto peace.
6. I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, *
   they make them ready to battle.