A Cry for Deliverance from Lies and Hostility. Psalm 120 is a cry from a believer surrounded by deceit, slander,
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Jesus Christ.
John 1:17
Sandor Viczian
A Cry for Deliverance from Lies and Hostility.
Psalm 120 is a cry from a believer surrounded by deceit, slander, and hostile speech. The psalmist appeals to the LORD for deliverance from “lying lips” and a “deceitful tongue,” recognizing that words can be weapons that wound and destabilize peace. God is presented as the righteous Judge who will repay falsehood and expose the emptiness of manipulative speech. The psalm also shows the pain of living among people who love conflict while the faithful desire reconciliation. Its purpose is to train the heart to run to God when the environment is toxic—and to remain peace-seeking without becoming peace-worshiping.
Psalms 120:1 – 120:7
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.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe…
In one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
In the absolute deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death for all through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead;
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ;
In the divine inspiration of all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, guaranteeing their infallibility, entire trustworthiness, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;
That all people are sinners and cannot save themselves. Salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace, apart from works, through repentance and personal faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit;
In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost;
In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ who are thus members of His Body, the Church, whose work is the worship of God, perfecting the saints, and evangelization of the world.
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