Psalms 120

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

[A Song of Ascents.] In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.

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

Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a 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, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful 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 live 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 has had her dwelling too long with him who 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.