Psalms 120

1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

In my distress I cried unto YHWH, and he heard me.

2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

Deliver my soul, O YHWH, from lying lips, and from a 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? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

4 The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

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

6 My soul hath been long a sojourner.

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth 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.