Psalms 120

1 song [the] step to(wards) LORD in/on/with distress [to] to/for me to call: call to and to answer me

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. I called out to the Lord for help in all my troubles, and he answered me.

2 LORD to rescue [emph?] soul: myself my from lips deception from tongue deceit

Lord, please save me from liars and cheats!

3 what? to give: give to/for you and what? to add to/for you tongue deceit

What will the Lord do to you, you liars? How will he punish you?

4 arrow mighty man to sharpen with coal broom

With the sharp arrows of a warrior and burning coals made from a broom tree.

5 woe! to/for me for to sojourn Meshech to dwell with tent Kedar

I'm sorry for myself, because I live as a foreigner in Meshech, or among the tent-dwellers of Kedar.

6 many to dwell to/for her soul: myself my with to hate peace

I have lived for far too long among people who hate peace.

7 I peace and for to speak: speak they(masc.) to/for battle

I want peace, but when I talk of peace, they want war.