Psalms 120

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

A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have called to YHWH in my distress, And He answers me.

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

O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

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

What does He give to you? And what does He add to you? O deceitful tongue!

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

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with coals of broom trees.

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

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

6 My soul has long been a sojourner;

My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.

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

I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!