< Psalms 120 >
1 A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
A song of degrees. I called vnto the Lord in my trouble, and hee heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.
Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of iuniper.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Woe is to me that I remaine in Meschech, and dwell in the tentes of Kedar.
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7 I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.
I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.