120:1 （上行（或作登阶下同）之诗我在急难中求告耶和华，他就应允我。

In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

120:2 耶和华阿，求你救我脱离说谎的嘴唇，和诡诈的舌头。

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

120:3 诡诈的舌头阿，要给你什么呢。要拿什么加给你呢。

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

120:4 就是勇士的利箭，和罗腾木（小树名松类）的炭火。

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

120:5 我寄居在米设，住在基达帐棚之中，有祸了。

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

120:6 我与那恨恶和睦的人，许久同住。

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

120:7 我愿和睦。但我发言，他们就要争战。

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