< Psalms 120 >

1 [A Song of Ascents.] In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.
تَرْنِيمَةُ الْمَصَاعِدِ صَرَخْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فِي ضِيقِي فَاسْتَجَابَ لِي.١
2 Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
نَجِّ نَفْسِي يَا رَبُّ مِنَ الشِّفَاهِ الْكَاذِبَةِ وَاللِّسَانِ الْمُنَافِقِ.٢
3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
أَيُّ نَفْعٍ يَأْتِينِي مِنَ اللِّسَانِ الغَشَّاشِ؟٣
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
إِنَّهُ كَسِهَامِ الْجَبَّارِ الحَادَّةِ وَكَالْجَمْرِ الأَحْمَرِ الْمُلْتَهِبِ.٤
5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar.
وَيْلِي لأَنِّي تَغَرَّبْتُ فِي مَاشِكَ، وَسَكَنْتُ فِي خِيَامِ قِيدَارَ.٥
6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.
طَالَ سَكَنِي مَعَ أُنَاسٍ يُبْغِضُونَ السَّلامَ.٦
7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
أَنَا رَجُلُ سَلامٍ، وَكُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ هَبُّوا هُمْ لِلْحَرْبِ.٧

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