Psalm
120 Prayed
Praying for deliverance a culture of lies
I call on you, Lord Jesus, in
my distress,
and
you answer me.
Save me, O Jesus, from lying
lips
and
from deceitful tongues.
What will God do to you,
and
what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a
warrior’s sharp arrows,
with
burning coals of the broom tree.
For the tongue is a small part
of the body,
but
it makes great boasts.
O Lord, consider what a great
forest
has
been set on fire in my life by a small spark.
This
tongue also is a fire,
a
world of evil among the parts of the body.
These lies corrupt my whole
person,
they
have set the whole course of my life on
fire,
and
have been set on fire by hell.
O
Jesus, this should not be.
Woe to me that I dwell in among
people who reject
your
ways,
that
I live among those who are strangers to
your
Word!
Too long have I lived
among
those who hate peace.
I am a man of peace;
but
when I speak, they are for war.
Help me to be wise and
understanding in response,
give
me strength to be more like you, Jesus.
Therefore let me show it by my
good life;
by
deeds done in the humility that comes from
wisdom.
For the wisdom that comes from
heaven is first of
all
pure;
then
peace-loving, considerate, submissive,
full
of mercy and good fruit, impartial and
sincere.
Let me be a peacemaker who sows
in peace,
so
I can raise a harvest of righteousness.
May your
peace rule in my heart, O Christ
and
may your Father’s peace,
which
transcends all understanding,
guard
my heart and mind in you, Christ Jesus.
And may my
whole spirit, soul and body
be
kept blameless until your coming,
for
in my heart I have set apart you as Lord.
Always
let me be prepared to give an answer
to
everyone who asks me
to
give the reason for the hope that I have.
But
help me to do this with gentleness and respect,
keeping
a clear conscience,
so
that those who speak maliciously
against
my good behaviour in you
may
be ashamed of their slander.
May this be your warrior’s
sharp arrows,
with
burning coals of the broom tree.
And let
it be a godly sorrow that brings repentance
that
leads to salvation and leaves no regret.
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Psalm 120 Prayed
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