Psalm 120

NIV — New International Version Bible (NIV)

NAV — Ketab El Hayat (NAV)

Verse 1

I call on the Lord in my distress,
and he answers me.

صَرَخْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فِي ضِيقِي فَاسْتَجَابَ لِي.

Verse 2

Save me, Lord,
from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.

نَجِّ نَفْسِي يَا رَبُّ مِنَ الشِّفَاهِ الْكَاذِبَةِ وَاللِّسَانِ الْمُنَافِقِ.

Verse 3

What will he do to you,
and what more besides,
you deceitful tongue?

أَيُّ نَفْعٍ يَأْتِينِي مِنَ اللِّسَانِ الغَشَّاشِ؟

Verse 4

He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom bush.

إِنَّهُ كَسِهَامِ الْجَبَّارِ الحَادَّةِ وَكَالْجَمْرِ الأَحْمَرِ الْمُلْتَهِبِ.

Verse 5

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
that I live among the tents of Kedar!

وَيْلِي لأَنِّي تَغَرَّبْتُ فِي مَاشِكَ، وَسَكَنْتُ فِي خِيَامِ قِيدَارَ.

Verse 6

Too long have I lived
among those who hate peace.

طَالَ سَكَنِي مَعَ أُنَاسٍ يُبْغِضُونَ السَّلامَ.

Verse 7

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

أَنَا رَجُلُ سَلامٍ، وَكُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ هَبُّوا هُمْ لِلْحَرْبِ.