Psalms 120

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

“A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.

2 Deliver my soul, O YHWH, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!

3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?

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

It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.

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

Alas for me, that I sojourn in Mesech, That I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

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

I am for peace; yet, when I speak for it, They are for war.