Deliver us from organized deciets

Fear due to Lies and deciets

A lot of suffocation, murmuring, criticism, dissatisfaction, helplessness, lack of clarity, not knowing the big picture etc. family disunity, divisions in the church, political games, suffering, fear of suffering,

Avoid expressing anger to fellow beings.

Avoid revenge

Pray for the deliverence from enemies. share your heart with God.

while communicating with God, Psalmist is speaking

Ps.120:4 “He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.”

But to individuals we don’t need to say so. The Holy Spirit teaches us through the example of the psalmist to depend on God for deliverance in these circumstances and not to take matters into our own hands

Mark D. Futato, “The Book of Psalms,” in Cornerstone Biblical Commentary, Vol 7: The Book of Psalms, The Book of Proverbs (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2009), 375.

The Book of Psalms & The Book of Proverbs Notes

The broom tree, because of the hardness of its stem, was used for making charcoal

The Book of Psalms & The Book of Proverbs (Notes)

Meshech … Kedar:

Meshech refers to a people who lived in the mountains to the southeast of the Black Sea (HALOT 2.646). Kedar refers to a nomadic people who lived between Egypt and Edom (HALOT 3.1072). Because of the geographical distance, it is likely that these references are metaphorical for hostile barbarians

1 Pt. 2:11,12 “Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”

The Book of Psalms & The Book of Proverbs Commentary

There are times in this life when we long for peace, but those around us seem bent on bringing strife into our lives. Such was the situation for the composer of Psalm 120. The position of this psalm at the beginning of the pilgrim psalms shows us that the longing for peace goes hand in hand with the longing for the saving presence of God. In and through the presence of God, we will experience peace, and strife will end.

The Book of Psalms & The Book of Proverbs (Commentary)

We too can be assured that those who would harm us with lies will end up only harming themselves.

The Book of Psalms & The Book of Proverbs Commentary

As pilgrims heading for the fullness of God’s presence, we long for the fullness of peace with great assurance that God will establish it in our lives.