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 my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.

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

Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

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

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.

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

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

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

My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.

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

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