Psalms 120

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have called to YHWH in my distress, And He answers me.

Canticum graduum. [Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi, et exaudivit me.

2 O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

Domine, libera animam meam a labiis iniquis et a lingua dolosa.

3 What does He give to you? And what does He add to you? O deceitful tongue!

Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam?

4 Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with coals of broom trees.

Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

5 Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est! habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar;

6 My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.

multum incola fuit anima mea.

7 I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!

Cum his qui oderunt pacem eram pacificus; cum loquebar illis, impugnabant me gratis.]