Passage

Psalms 120

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

^{A Song of Ascents.} In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me. 2. Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue. 3. What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue? 4. Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper. 5. Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6. My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace. 7. I am for peace: But when I speak, they are for war. (Psalms 120:1-7, ASV)

WEB

A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me. 2. Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. 3. What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue? 4. Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5. Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! 6. My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace. 7. I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. (Psalms 120:1-7, WEB)

KJV

A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 2. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? ^{What shall be given: or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, what shall is profit thee?} ^{done: Heb. added} 4. Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. ^{Sharp: or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper} 5. Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6. My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7. I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. ^{for peace: or, a man of peace} (Psalms 120:1-7, KJV)

YLT

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me. 2. O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue! 3. What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue! 4. Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals. 5. Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar. 6. Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace. 7. I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war! (Psalms 120:1-7, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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