Psalms 120 תְּהִלִּים
Hebrew · transliteration · JPS 1917
1שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בַּצָּרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י קָ֝רָ֗אתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃
shir hamma'alot el-ADONAI batzarata li karati vayya'aneni
A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, And He answered me.
2יְֽהוָ֗ה הַצִּ֣ילָה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת־שֶׁ֑קֶר מִלָּשׁ֥וֹן רְמִיָּֽה׃
ADONAI hatzila nafshi missefat-sheker millashon remiyya
O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.
3מַה־יִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭ךָ וּמַה־יֹּסִ֥יף לָ֗ךְ לָשׁ֥וֹן רְמִיָּֽה׃
ma-yitten lekha uma-yosif lakh lashon remiyya
What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
4חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃
chitze gibbor shenunim im gachale retamim
Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of broom.
5אֽוֹיָה־לִ֭י כִּי־גַ֣רְתִּי מֶ֑שֶׁךְ שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּי עִֽם־אָהֳלֵ֥י קֵדָֽר׃
oya-li ki-garti meshekh shakhanti im-ahole kedar
Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, That I dwell beside the tents of Kedar!
6רַ֭בַּת שָֽׁכְנָה־לָּ֣הּ נַפְשִׁ֑י עִ֝֗ם שׂוֹנֵ֥א שָׁלֽוֹם׃
rabbat shakhna-lah nafshi im sone shalom
My soul hath full long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
7אֲֽנִי־שָׁ֭לוֹם וְכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר הֵ֝֗מָּה לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
ani-shalom vekhi adabber hemma lammilchama
I am all peace; But when I speak, they are for war.
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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (ketiv shown with the qere in brackets). JPS 1917 and the Hebrew use Hebrew verse numbers; the English column uses English numbering, which sometimes differs by a verse.