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 called out to Yahweh, and he answered me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For too long I have lived with those who hate 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.