Psalms 120

1 A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have called to YHWH in my distress, And He answers me.

2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.

O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

3 What shall be given to thee? or what shall be done to thee, thou false tongue?

What does He give to you? And what does He add to you? O deceitful tongue!

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

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with coals of broom trees.

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.

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

I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!