Psalm 120

⁶In my distress I called upon the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

²saying: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

⁵In my distress I called to the Lord, and He answered and set me free.

⁷During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

¹⁵Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

¹A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord!

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,

²who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.

²²Lying lips are detestable to the Lord, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

²For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

²Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

³You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

¹¹Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

⁵⁹Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

⁶⁰But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

⁸For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

²⁶What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

²¹What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

⁵In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

⁶The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

⁹A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

²¹Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

⁵Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

⁵A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

²⁷A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

²The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

¹³These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

¹³Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.

⁵I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

⁶Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the Lord.

⁷All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

⁷and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

⁸(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

¹⁶Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

⁴My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

⁶But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.

³⁶A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’

³⁰Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

³¹For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”

³For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

⁹Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

⁴In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

¹⁴Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁴Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

¹⁸If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

²⁰For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.