Psalms 120

A Song of Ascents.

¹In my distress, I cried to Yahweh.
He answered me.
²Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
³What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you,
you deceitful tongue?
⁴Sharp arrows of the mighty,
with coals of juniper.
⁵Woe is me, that I live in Meshech,
that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
⁶My soul has had her dwelling too long
with him who hates peace.
⁷I am for peace,
but when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.