Psalms 120

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

A song of ascents. In my distress I called out to Yahweh, and he answered me.

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

Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips and deceive with their tongues.

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

How will he punish you, and what more will he do to you, you who have a lying tongue?

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

He will punish you with the arrows of a warrior sharpened over burning coals of the broom tree.

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

Woe is me because I temporarily live in Meshech; I lived previously among the tents of Kedar.

6 My soul has long dwelt with him that hates peace.

For too long I have lived with those who hate peace.

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

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