Psalms 120

1 A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he hearkened to me.

A Song of degrees. In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

3 What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee, for [thy] crafty tongue?

What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

4 Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.

5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

6 My soul has long been a sojourner;

My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.

7 I was peaceable among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.

I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.