Psalmen 120

Psalmüberschrift: A Song of degrees.

1. ¹In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.
2. ²Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
3. ³What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
4. ⁴Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.
5. ⁵Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6. ⁶My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.
7. ⁷I [ergänzt: am for] peace; but when I speak, *they* [ergänzt: are] for war.

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