Chapter Text
120:1 A song of degrees. I called vnto the Lord in my trouble, and hee heard me.
120:2 Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.
120:3 What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
120:4 It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of iuniper.
120:5 Woe is to me that I remaine in Meschech, and dwell in the tentes of Kedar.
120:6 My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
120:7 I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "called", "song", "degrees", "vnto", "lord", "trouble", "heard", and "deliuer". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "song", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "called" and "song" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "song" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.