🔊 Audio of Psalm 120
Psalm 120
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶל־יְהוָה בַּצָּרָתָה לִּי קָרָאתִי וַיַּעֲנֵנִי | Shír ha-ma-a-lót. El Ado-nái ba-tza-rá-tah lí ka-rá-ti va-ya-a-né-ni. | A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. |
| 2 | יְהוָה הַצִּילָה נַפְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּשׁוֹן רְמִיָּה | Ado-nái hatz-tzi-láh naf-shí; mi-se-fat shé-ker mi-la-shón re-mi-yáh. | Deliver me, O the LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| 3 | מַה־יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה־יֹּסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּה | Mah yi-tén le-kha u-mah yo-síf lákh; la-shón re-mi-yáh. | What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? |
| 4 | חִצֵּי גִבּוֹר שְׁנוּנִים עִם גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִים | Khi-tzéi gi-bór she-nu-ním; im ga-kha-léi re-ta-mím. | A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree! |
| 5 | אוֹיָה־לִי כִּי־גַרְתִּי מֶשֶׁךְ שָׁכַנְתִּי עִם־אָהֳלֵי קֵדָר | Oi-lí ki gar-tí me-shékh; sha-khan-tí im o-ha-léi Ké-dar. | Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! |
| 6 | רַבַּת שָׁכְנָה־לָּהּ נַפְשִׁי עִם שׂוֹנֵא שָׁלוֹם | Ra-bát sha-khe-náh la’-naf-shí; im so-né sha-lóm. | Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace. |
| 7 | אֲנִי־שָׁלוֹם וְכִי אֲדַבֵּר הֵמָּה לַמִּלְחָמָה | A-ní sha-lóm; u-khi a-dab-bér hé-mah la-mil-kha-máh. | I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war! |