Psalms 120

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

A Canticle in steps. When troubled, I cried out to the Lord, and he heard me.

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

O Lord, free my soul from lips of iniquity and from the deceitful tongue.

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

What will be given to you, or what will be added to you, for a deceitful tongue?:

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

the sharp arrows of the powerful, along with the burning coals of desolation.

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

Woe to me, for my sojourning has been prolonged. I have lived with the inhabitants 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!

With those who hated peace, I was peaceful. When I spoke to them, they fought against me without cause.