< Psalms 120 >
1 “A song of the degrees.” Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered me.
Canticum graduum. Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi: et exaudivit me.
2 O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.
Domine libera animam meam a labiis iniquis, et a lingua dolosa.
3 What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?
Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam?
4 Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.
Sagittae potentis acutae, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est: habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar:
6 Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth 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.