Psalms 120

1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.

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

2 Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.

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

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

What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

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

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

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

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

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

My soul has long been a sojourner;

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

I was peaceful amongst them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.