Kedar Poems | Examples

Lift Up Your Eyes - Psalm 120: 1-7

So in defeat and utter distress
I called above on the Lord
in mercy, He answered me
revealing His blessing in sweet accord

I seem surrounded by evil
hearing so many lying lips
as well as a deceitful tongue
where's my true rescue ship

For too long I have dwelt
among those who detest peace
I stand on God's true shalom
but my enemy's voices never cease

Then I hear God's blessed word
clearly say 'lift up our eyes'
look up for I am here
eternally yours and never dies

(In my distress I called to the Lord,
    and he answered me.
Deliver me, O Lord,
    from lying lips,
    from a deceitful tongue
What shall be given to you,
    and what more shall be done to you,
    you deceitful tongue?
A warrior's sharp arrows,
    with glowing coals of the broom tree!
Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech,
    that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Too long have I had my dwelling
    among those who hate peace.
I am for peace,
    but when I speak, they are for war!)
Psalm 120: 1-7 (ESV)