Psalms 120 Explained — Deliver Me From Lying Lips

A distressed pilgrim pleads for rescue from lies and sharp words that wound like arrows. This moment matters because it shows the cost of living among those who hate peace, and it trains the heart to keep calling on the Lord in conflict.

Summary

Psalm 120:1–4 – Distress over lies What happens: The psalmist cries about deceitful tongues and asks God to repay them. What it means: God hates lying. Prayer confronts slander with truth.

Psalm 120:5–7 – Far from peace What happens: Living among hostile people, he longs for peace but they love war. What it means: Pilgrims often feel out of place. God’s people are called to peace amid conflict.

Application

Bring slander to God rather than retaliate.
Seek peace even when surrounded by strife.

Bible

¹A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

²Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

⁴Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

⁵Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

⁶My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

⁷I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

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