< Psalms 120 >
1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!
3 What shall be given unto you? or what shall be done unto you, you false tongue?
What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
6 My soul has long dwelt with him that hates peace.
Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!