Psalm 120

A Song of Ascents.

120 ¹In my distress I cried unto Jehovah,

And he answered me.

²Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips,

And from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee,

Thou deceitful tongue?

^{4 a}Sharp arrows of the mighty,

With coals of ^ajuniper.

⁵Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech,

That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

⁶My soul hath long had her dwelling

With him that hateth peace.

⁷I am for peace:

But when I speak, they are for war.