7 verses · The Message · Contemporary paraphrase
The Message by Eugene Peterson presents the Bible in the rhythms and idioms of contemporary American English. More than a translation, it is a paraphrase designed to help readers experience Scripture's impact as if hearing it for the first time.
Psalms Chapter 120 contains 7 verses and is presented here in the The Message (MSG), which uses a contemporary paraphrase approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 150 chapters in Psalms.
1A pilgrim song I'm in trouble. I cry to God, desperate for an answer:
2"Deliver me from the liars, God! They smile so sweetly but lie through their teeth."
3Do you know what's next, can you see what's coming, all you barefaced liars?
4Pointed arrows and burning coals will be your reward.
5I'm doomed to live in Meshech, cursed with a home in Kedar,
6My whole life lived camping among quarreling neighbors.
7I'm all for peace, but the minute I tell them so, they go to war!
Psalms 120 in the The Message (MSG) contains 7 verses. The MSG uses a contemporary paraphrase approach, first published in 2002.
The The Message uses contemporary paraphrase, rendering the text as a modern paraphrase in contemporary idioms. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Psalms 120 for a different perspective.
Psalms Chapter 120 contains 7 verses in the The Message. The book of Psalms has 150 chapters total.