Psalms 120

1 When I had troubles, I called out to Yahweh and he answered me.

In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

2 [I prayed], “Yahweh, rescue/save me from people [SYN, MTY] who lie to me and [try to] deceive me!”

O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

3 You people who lie to me, [I will tell you] [RHQ] what [God] will do to you and what he will do to punish you.

What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

4 He will shoot sharp arrows at you like soldiers do, and he will [burn you with] red-hot coals from [the wood of] a broom tree.

The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

5 It is terrible for me, living among cruel/savage [DOU] people [like those who live] in Meshech [region] and Kedar [region].

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

6 I have lived for a long time among people who hate [to live with others] peacefully.

My soul hath been long a sojourner.

7 Every time I talk about living together peacefully, they talk about starting a war.

With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.