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Psalms 120

In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. What will be given to you, and what more will be done to you, you false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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Too long with the ones who hate peace

In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. What will be given to you, and what more will be done to you, you false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. What misery — I have to stay in Mesech and live among the tents of Kedar! My soul has lived too long with those who hate peace. I'm for peace, but when I speak, they're for war.

I called on the Lord in my hard place, and he heard me. Get my soul out, Lord, from lying lips and a cheating tongue. What'll be given to you, and what more will be done to you, you cheating tongue? Sharp arrows from a strong man, with coals of broom wood. Trouble is coming to me that I stay in Meshek and live among the tents of Kedar. My soul has lived too long with the one who hates peace. I'm for peace — but when I speak, they're for war.

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.

1

In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

Plain English

I called on the Lord in my hard place, and he heard me.

King James Version, 1611

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

2

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

Plain English

Get my soul out, Lord, from lying lips and a cheating tongue.

King James Version, 1611

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

3

What will be given to you, and what more will be done to you, you false tongue?

Plain English

What'll be given to you, and what more will be done to you, you cheating tongue?

King James Version, 1611

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

4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Plain English

Sharp arrows from a strong man, with coals of broom wood.

King James Version, 1611

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5

What misery — I have to stay in Mesech and live among the tents of Kedar!

Plain English

Trouble is coming to me that I stay in Meshek and live among the tents of Kedar.

King James Version, 1611

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

6

My soul has lived too long with those who hate peace.

Plain English

My soul has lived too long with the one who hates peace.

King James Version, 1611

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7

I'm for peace, but when I speak, they're for war.

Plain English

I'm for peace — but when I speak, they're for war.

King James Version, 1611

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