--- title: Psalms 120 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 120 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, and He answered me. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/120/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / chapter 120 # Psalms 120 7 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [120:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.1/) — שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹתאֶל־יְהוָה בַּצָּרָתָה לִּי קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃ — A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, and He answered me. - [120:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.2/) — יְֽהוָה הַצִּילָה נַפְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה׃ — O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. - [120:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.3/) — מַה־יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה־יֹּסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה׃ — What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue? - [120:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.4/) — חִצֵּי גִבּוֹר שְׁנוּנִים עִם גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִֽים׃ — Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom. - [120:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.5/) — אֽוֹיָה־לִי כִּי־גַרְתִּי מֶשֶׁךְ שָׁכַנְתִּי עִֽם־אָהֳלֵי קֵדָֽר׃ — Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar! - [120:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.6/) — רַבַּת שָֽׁכְנָה־לָּהּ נַפְשִׁי עִם שׂוֹנֵא שָׁלֽוֹם׃ — My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace. - [120:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.7/) — אֲ‍ֽנִי־שָׁלוֹם וְכִי אֲדַבֵּר הֵמָּה לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ — I am all peace; but when I speak, they are for war. - ← previous: [Psalms 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/119/) - next →: [Psalms 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/121/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)