>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/ps/120?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#07778::c07778) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/psalms/120.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Psalms/120.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/psa/120/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>This psalm, attributed to an individual in distress, likely a pilgrim or someone in exile, is a plea to God for rescue from deceitful and hostile surroundings, emphasizing a longing for peace. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>The writer is sad and asks God for help because some people are telling lies about him. He wants everyone to be peaceful and not fight. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>In this chapter, the author calls out to the Lord in distress, asking for deliverance from deceitful people with lying tongues. The psalmist laments living among those who hate peace and who are inclined towards conflict, expressing a yearning for peace despite the surrounding hostility. > >#Gospel/Prayer #Gospel/Peace #Gospel/Deliverance ###### 1 1 In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. ###### 2 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. ###### 3 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? ###### 4 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. ###### 5 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! ###### 6 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. ###### 7 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.