< Psalms 120 >

1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.
A Song of degrees. In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.
2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.
Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
4 The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.
Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.
5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul hath been long a sojourner.
My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.
7 With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.
I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.

< Psalms 120 >