Ps 120 Raamattu 1933/38 120 Matkalaulu. Ahdistuksessani minä huudan Herraa, ja hän vastaa minulle.2 Herra, pelasta minun sieluni valheellisista huulista, petollisesta kielestä.3 Mitä hän sinulle antaa ja mitä siihen vielä lisää, sinä petollinen kieli?4 Väkivaltaisen teräviä nuolia ynnä kinsteripensaan tulisia hiiliä!5 Voi minua, että minun täytyy oleskella muukalaisena Mesekissä, asua Keedarin majojen keskellä!6 Kauan on minun sieluni täytynyt asua niiden seurassa, jotka rauhaa vihaavat.7 Minä pidän rauhan, mutta jos sanan sanon, niin he ovat sotaan valmiit.
Psalm
120 Amplified
Bible Prayer
for Breaking Away from the Treacherous.A
Song of [a]Ascents.120
In my trouble I cried to the Lord,And
He answered me.2
Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,And
from a deceitful tongue.3
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,You
deceitful tongue?—4
Sharp arrows of the warrior,With
the [b]burning coals of the broom tree.5 Woe
to me, for I sojourn in Meshech,and I
live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!6 Too
long my soul has had its dwellingWith
those who hate peace.7 I
am for peace, but when I speak,They are
for war.
Footnotes Psalm
120:1 It is possible that the fifteen psalms (chs 120-134) known as the “Songs
of Degrees or Ascents” were sung by the caravans of pilgrims going up to attend
the annual feasts at Jerusalem. But it is equally possible that the title has
reference to some peculiarity in connection with the music or the manner of
using it.
Psalm 120:4 The ancient rabbis explained that coals from a broom tree are unusual in that they continue burning on the inside even after they are extinguished on the outside. They compared this to a person who listens to slander: even if you try to persuade him otherwise and he seems to be convinced, he is still “burning” on the inside, i.e. still unconvinced.
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