Psalms 120

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 My soul has long been a sojourner;

Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

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

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