Psalms 120

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

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

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