Psalms 120

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have called to YHWH in my distress, And He answers me.

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

2 O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

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

3 What does He give to you? And what does He add to you? O deceitful tongue!

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

4 Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with coals of broom trees.

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

5 Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

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

6 My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.

My soul has long been a sojourner;

7 I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!

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