120:1

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶל־יְהוָה בַּצָּרָתָה לִּי קָרָאתִי וַיַּעֲנֵנִי׃

A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, And He answered me.

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120:2

יְהוָה הַצִּילָה נַפְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּשׁוֹן רְמִיָּה׃

O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.

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120:3

מַה־יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה־יֹּסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּה׃

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

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120:4

חִצֵּי גִבּוֹר שְׁנוּנִים עִם גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִים׃

Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of broom.

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120:5

אוֹיָה־לִי כִּי־גַרְתִּי מֶשֶׁךְ שָׁכַנְתִּי עִם־אָהֳלֵי קֵדָר׃

Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, That I dwell beside the tents of Kedar!

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120:6

רַבַּת שָׁכְנָה־לָּהּ נַפְשִׁי עִם שׂוֹנֵא שָׁלוֹם׃

My soul hath full long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.

120:7

אֲ‍נִי־שָׁלוֹם וְכִי אֲדַבֵּר הֵמָּה לַמִּלְחָמָה׃

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

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