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Psalm chapter 120 verses 1 and 2.

In my distress, I called to the Lord, and he answered me.

Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

I want you to get the context here.

And I'm going to read directly from the Expositor's Bible commentary,

which is a great helpful commentary, by the way,

that is pretty brief, but gives really good explanation.

So if you are looking for a commentary that's just helpful to shed light on

verses, you're meditating on, I would definitely recommend it. But this commentary points to the distress

that the psalmist is under. To quote, the psalmist details his present adversity. Though he has been assured that the

Lord will respond favorably, he still suffers as he prays for deliverance from false accusations

and treachery. So the lying lips and deceitful tongue are people who are attacking him and he's

praying for help from God. You get all the way to the end after he talks about a warrior's sharp

arrows, how words can hurt and harm in so many different ways. You get to the very end, and again, to quote from the

commentary here, the psalmist reminds the Lord, he's suffered long enough in this present situation.

He's lived among people who hate peace. That's where the psalm ends. I am for peace, but when I speak,

they are for war.

And the commentary says they malign, slander, and make every aspect of life difficult for the godly.

And the psalmist is tired of his affliction.

And then it goes on to just talk about how the psal just praying for God's help when you want peace, but people are speaking at you for war.

Now, how does that apply to all of our lives?

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