Psalms 120

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

A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me.

2 Deliver my soul, YHWH, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled amongst the tents of Kedar.

6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

My soul has long been a sojourner;

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

I was peaceful amongst them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.