Psalm 120
Deliver me from lying lips
The singer cries to the Lord to deliver him from lying lips and a deceitful tongue, laments dwelling among those who hate peace.
7 verses. The 120th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1In 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.
Matthew Henry on Psalm 120
2,117 words, in 2 passages.
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.