120:1 A song of ascents. I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
120:2 Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
120:3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
120:4 He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.
120:5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
120:6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
120:7 I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
120:1 In my distress I called out to Jehovah, / And He answered me.
120:2 O Jehovah, deliver my soul from lying lips, / From a tongue of deceit.
120:3 What should be given to you, / And what further shall be done to you, / O tongue of deceit?
120:4 The sharp arrows of a mighty man, / With the burning coals of the broom tree!
120:5 Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech, / I dwell among the tents of Kedar.
120:6 Long has my soul had its dwelling / With him who hates peace.
120:7 I am for peace; but when I speak, / They are for war.