*Psalms 120

₁When I had a lot of problems,

I prayed and asked the Lord to help me,

and He answered me.

₂I said to Him: ‘Lord,

please save me from people

who tell lies and cheat.’

₃You, people who cheat others

and plan to do bad things,

do you know how God will punish you?

₄He will punish you with

the sharp arrows of soldiers

and with burning coals.

₅To live among you feels as bad

as living as strangers in the land of Meshek

or among the tents of the sinful people of Kedar.

₆For too long I have lived

among people who do not want to have peace.

₇I want to have peace,

but when I talk about peace,

they want to have war.