American Standard Version
Psalms 120
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In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
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Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, `And' from a deceitful tongue.
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What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
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Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
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Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
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My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
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I am `for' peace: But when I speak, they are for war. Psalm 121 A Song of Ascents.
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