Psalm 120

Words: The Psalter of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1887 ed.

Note:
This page also has a Long Metre version of this psalm.

Common Metre Tunes

   1  In my distress to God I cried,
         And he gave ear to me.
      From lying lips and guileful tongue,
         O Lord, my soul set free.

   2  What shall be given thee? or what
         Be done to thee, false tongue ?
      Ev'n burning coals of juniper,
         Sharp arrows of the strong.

   3  Alas for me, that I abide
         In Mesech's land so long!
      That I in tabernacles dwell,
         To Kedar that belong.

   4  My soul with him that hateth peace
         Hath long a dweller been.
      I am for peace; but when I speak,
         For battle they are keen.

Long Metre Tunes

   1  In my distress I cried to God,
      My earnest cry Jehovah heard;
      From lying lips and tongue of fraud,
      Deliver thou my soul, O Lord.

   2  To thee, false tongue, what shall be done ?
      What for thy lies a fit return?
      Sharp arrows of a mighty one,
      With coals of juniper that burn.

   3  Alas for me that I so long
      Sojourn with Mesech's godless race:
      And near the tents of Kedar's throng
      Am forced to make my dwelling-place.

   4  I long have made my dwelling-place
      With such as seek my peace to mar:
      With them I fain would live in peace,
      But when I speak, they are for war.
 


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