Psalms 120

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

“A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.

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

O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!

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

What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?

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

It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.

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

Alas for me, that I sojourn in Mesech, That I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

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

Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

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

I am for peace; yet, when I speak for it, They are for war.