Psalms 120

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 in the tents of Kedar!

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

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

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

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