< Psalms 120 >
1 In my distress I cried to Jehovah, and he answered me.
Canticum graduum. Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi: et exaudivit me.
2 Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Domine libera animam meam a labiis iniquis, et a lingua dolosa.
3 What shall be given to thee, and what shall be done more to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Sagittae potentis acutae, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est: habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar:
6 My soul has long had her dwelling with him who hates peace.
multum incola fuit anima mea.
7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
Cum his, qui oderunt pacem, eram pacificus: cum loquebar illis, impugnabant me gratis.