120 (G21) GROUP I. PSALM (FIRST). DISTRESS.
| G21 | A | 1 | Hezekiah and Jehovah. | |
| 1. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. | ||||
| B | 2 | His prayer to Jehovah. | ||
| 2. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. | ||||
| B | 3,4 | His apostrophe to Rab-shakeh. | ||
| 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. | ||||
| A | 5-7 | Hezekiah and Jehovah. | ||
| 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. |