Psalms 120

1 “A song of the degrees.” Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered me.

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

2 O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.

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

3 What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?

What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee, for [thy] crafty tongue?

4 Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.

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

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

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

6 Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace.

My soul has long been a sojourner;

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

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