Psalms 120 is called a "Pilgrim Psalm" or a "Song of Ascent." It was sung by those who journeyed to the temple for the annual feasts. This psalm along with each one following through Psalm 134 is a step along the journey in a distant and in hostile surrounding.
The author of Psalm 120 is not known; however, some suspect it was a man by the name of Hezekiah. Hezekiah is portrayed as a great and good king. The main account of Hezekiah's reign and story is found in 2 Kings chapters 18-20, Isaiah chapters 36-39 and 2 Chronicles chapters 29-32.
Psalm 120:7 - "I am a man of peace, but when I speak, they are for war"
Peacemaking is not always popular. Some people prefer to fight for what they believe in. The glory of battle is in the hope of winning, but someone must be a loser. The glory of peacemaking is that it may actually produce two winners. Peacemaking is God's way, so we should carefully and prayerfully attempt to be peacemakers.
Psalm 120 / New International Version
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and he answers me.
2 Save me, O Lord,
from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
3 What will he do to you,
and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom tree.
5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I lived
among those who hate peace.
7 I am a man of peace;
but when I speak, they are for war.