Psalms 120

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.	1 [Song of Ascents *{* The Songs of Ascents (Pss 120-134) were sung by pilgrims on their way up toJerusalem.} ] To Yahweh when I am in trouble I call and he answers me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.	2 Yahweh, save me from lying lips and a treacherous tongue!
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?	3 What will he repay you, what more, treacherous tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.	4 War-arrows made sharp over red-hot charcoal.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!	5 How wretched I am, living in Meshech, dwel ing in the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.	6 Too long have I lived among people who hate peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.	7 When I speak of peace they are all for war!