Psalms 120

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

A Canticle in steps. When troubled, I cried out to the Lord, and he heard me.

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

O Lord, free my soul from lips of iniquity and from the deceitful tongue.

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

What will be given to you, or what will be added to you, for a deceitful tongue?:

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

the sharp arrows of the powerful, along with the burning coals of desolation.

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

Woe to me, for my sojourning has been prolonged. I have lived with the inhabitants 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.

With those who hated peace, I was peaceful. When I spoke to them, they fought against me without cause.