Deliver My Soul, O LORD

Today’s Daily Bible Reading is from Psalm 120:1-7. Psalm 120 is the first of fifteen Psalms that is considered to be “A Song of degrees” which includes Psalm 120-134 and means they were sung when people traveled to Jerusalem.

The Psalmist in this Scripture is having a problem with people lying. He calls out for God to deliver him from those who have lying lips and a deceitful tongue. He asks, “What can be done to this lying tongue?”

Proverbs 10:18 says, “He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.”

Proverbs 12:22 tells us that “Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.”

How does it make you feel when someone tells lies about you? The Psalmist says he has been around those who lie and despise peace for too long. He was weary of their deceitful ways. The Psalmist prefers peace, but when he speaks, the others with him are for war.

Have you ever lived around someone with whom you couldn’t get along? You tried to have peace, but all they wanted was to fight. They tell lies and make up stories that are not true. Being in a situation like that makes for a miserable existence.

I think this is what the Psalmist is speaking of. He was asking God for deliverance from the situation.

 

Daily Bible Reading:

Psalm 120:1-7

1 [[A Song of degrees.]] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

 

Things to think about:

• Do you know anyone who would rather tell lies than the truth any day?
• How hard is it to have a relationship with those who are deceitful?
• Are you an instrument of peace or of war?

 

Prayer of the Day:

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for this Scripture in Psalm 120, where the Psalmist asks for deliverance from lying lips, deceitful tongues, and those who hate peace. Help us to always be truthful and never deceitful. Help us to be instruments of peace and not of war. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

 

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