Psalms 120

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

A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me.

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

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

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

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

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

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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

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

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

My soul hath long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.

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

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