Psalms 120

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

In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

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

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given to you? or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

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

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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

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

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

My soul has long dwelled with him that hates peace.

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

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