(A song for worship.)

A prayer for the LORD's help

1When I am in trouble, I pray,

2“Come and save me, LORD,

from deceitful liars!”

3What punishment is fitting

for you deceitful liars?

4Your reward should be

sharp and flaming arrows!

5But I must live as a foreigner

among the people of Meshech

and in the tents of Kedar.120.5 Meshech…Kedar: Meshech was a country near the Black Sea, and Kedar was a tribe of the Syrian desert.

6I have spent too much time

living among people

who hate peace.

7I am in favour of peace,

but when I speak of it,

all they want is war.