Terrence L Pounds Study Edition · Developing edition · October 20, 2026
Your Terrence L Pounds Study Edition and commentary remain below. WEB Classic already uses Yahweh. External translations retain their published wording.
Psalms 120
A Song of degrees.
1 In my distress I cried unto Yahweh, and he heard me.
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In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O Yahweh, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
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Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.