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Psalm 120

1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.

1 A song of ascents: I called to ADONAI in my distress, and he answered me.

2 Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

2 Rescue me, ADONAI, from lips that tell lies, from a tongue full of deceit.

3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?

3 What has he in store for you, deceitful tongue? What more will he do to you?

4 He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.

4 A warrior's sharp arrows, with red-hot coals from a broom tree.

5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

5 How wretched I am, that I'm an alien in Meshekh, that I must live among the tents of Keidar!

6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

6 I have had to live far too long with those who hate peace.

7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

7 I am all for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.