Psalms 120

1 When I had troubles, I called out to Yahweh and he answered me.

Canticum graduum. Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi: et exaudivit me.

2 [I prayed], “Yahweh, rescue/save me from people [SYN, MTY] who lie to me and [try to] deceive me!”

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

3 You people who lie to me, [I will tell you] [RHQ] what [God] will do to you and what he will do to punish you.

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

4 He will shoot sharp arrows at you like soldiers do, and he will [burn you with] red-hot coals from [the wood of] a broom tree.

Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

5 It is terrible for me, living among cruel/savage [DOU] people [like those who live] in Meshech [region] and Kedar [region].

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

6 I have lived for a long time among people who hate [to live with others] peacefully.

multum incola fuit anima mea.

7 Every time I talk about living together peacefully, they talk about starting a war.

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