Psalms 120

1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.

In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

2 Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell amongst the tents of Kedar!

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

My soul hath been long a sojourner.

7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.

With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.