Psalms 120

1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, and He answered me.

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

2 O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

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

3 What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.

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

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar!

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

6 My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.

My soul hath been long a sojourner.

7 I am all peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.