Psalms 120

1 A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me.

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

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

4 Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

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

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled amongst the tents of Kedar.

6 Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

My soul has long been a sojourner;

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

I was peaceful amongst them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.