Psalms 120

1 A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me.

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

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

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

3 What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

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

4 Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

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

5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.

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

6 My soul has long been a sojourner;

My soul hath been long a sojourner.

7 I was peaceful among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.

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