Chapter 120
1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֶל־יְהֹוָה בַּצָּרָתָה לִּי קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִיA song of ascents. In my distress I called to GOD— who answered me.Shir hamaalot el-Adonai batzaratah li karati vayaaneni
2יְֽהֹוָה הַצִּילָה נַפְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽהO ETERNAL One, save me from treacherous lips, from a deceitful tongue!Yehovah hatzilah nafshi misfat-sheker milashon remiyah
3מַה־יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה־יֹּסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽהWhat can you profit, what can you gain, O deceitful tongue?Mah-yiten lecha umah-yosif lach lashon remiyah
4חִצֵּי גִבּוֹר שְׁנוּנִים עִם גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִֽיםA warrior’s sharp arrows, with hot coals of broom-wood.Chitzey gibor shenunim im gachaley retamim
5אֽוֹיָה־לִי כִּי־גַרְתִּי מֶשֶׁךְ שָׁכַנְתִּי עִֽם־אׇהֳלֵי קֵדָֽרWoe is me, that I live with Meshech, that I dwell among the clans of Kedar.Oyah-li ki-garti meshech shachanti im-oholey kedar
6רַבַּת שָֽׁכְנָה־לָּהּ נַפְשִׁי עִם שׂוֹנֵא שָׁלֽוֹםToo long have I dwelt with those who hate peace.Rabat shachnah-lah nafshi im sone shalom
7אֲֽנִי־שָׁלוֹם וְכִי אֲדַבֵּר הֵמָּה לַמִּלְחָמָֽהI am all peace; but when I speak, they are for war.Ani-shalom vechi adaber hemah lamilchamah