Psalm 120
Psalm 120
WINDSOR (DUNDEE)  |  Same-Tune Hymns  |  Bible Passage
Author: 1650 Scottish Psalter
Musician: Damon's Psalter, The Second Booke of the Musicke, 1591
Rhythm as in Scottish Psalter, 1615

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 1  In my distress to God I cried,
       and he gave ear to me.
 2  From lying lips, and guileful tongue,
       O Lord, my soul set free.
 3  What shall be giv'n thee? or what shall
       be done to thee, false tongue?
 4  Ev'n burning coals of juniper,
       sharp arrows of the strong.

 5  Woe's me that I in Mesech am
       a sojourner so long;
    That I in tabernacles dwell
       to Kedar that belong.
 6  My soul with him that hateth peace
       hath long a dweller been.
 7  I am for peace; but when I speak,
       for battle they are keen.


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BIBLE PASSAGE:

1 ¶ In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
2 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.