Psalm 120

A song of ascents.

I call on the Lord(A) in my distress,(B)
    and he answers me.
Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips(C)
    and from deceitful tongues.(D)

What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,(E)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!(F)
Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.
I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war.

Cántico de los peregrinos.

120 En mi angustia invoqué al Señor,
    y él me respondió.
Señor, líbrame de los labios mentirosos
    y de las lenguas embusteras.

¡Ah, lengua embustera!
    ¿Qué se te habrá de dar?
    ¿Qué se te habrá de añadir?
¡Puntiagudas flechas de guerrero,
    con ardientes brasas de retama!

¡Ay de mí, que soy extranjero en Mésec,
    que he acampado entre las tiendas de Cedar!
¡Ya es mucho el tiempo que he acampado
    entre los que aborrecen la paz!
Yo amo la paz,
    pero, si hablo de paz,
    ellos hablan de guerra.

120 In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

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