Psalms 120

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

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

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

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

3 What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee, for [thy] crafty tongue?

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

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

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

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

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

6 My soul has long been a sojourner;

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

7 I was peaceable among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.

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