Psalms 120

1 A song of ascents. In my distress I called out to Yahweh, and he answered me.

“A song of the degrees.” Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered me.

2 Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips and deceive with their tongues.

O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.

3 How will he punish you, and what more will he do to you, you who have a lying tongue?

What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?

4 He will punish you with the arrows of a warrior sharpened over burning coals of the broom tree.

Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.

5 Woe is me because I temporarily live in Meshech; I lived previously among the tents of Kedar.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 For too long I have lived with those who hate peace.

Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace.

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

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