Psalm 120

International Children’s Bible

A Prayer of Someone Far from Home

A song for going up to worship.

120 When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord.
And he answered me.
²Lord, save me from liars
and from those who plan evil.

³You who plan evil, what will God do to you?
How will he punish you?
⁴He will punish you with the sharp arrows of a warrior
and with burning coals of wood.

⁵How terrible it is to live in the land of Meshech.
    I have to live among the people of Kedar.
⁶I have lived too long
    with people who hate peace.
⁷I want peace and try to talk peace,
    but they want war.