Ψαλμοί 120

1 ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν πρὸς κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με ἐκέκραξα καὶ εἰσήκουσέν μου

“A song of the degrees.” Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered me.

2 κύριε ῥῦσαι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ χειλέων ἀδίκων καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης δολίας

O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.

3 τί δοθείη σοι καὶ τί προστεθείη σοι πρὸς γλῶσσαν δολίαν

What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?

4 τὰ βέλη τοῦ δυνατοῦ ἠκονημένα σὺν τοῖς ἄνθραξιν τοῖς ἐρημικοῖς

Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.

5 οἴμμοι ὅτι ἡ παροικία μου ἐμακρύνθη κατεσκήνωσα μετὰ τῶν σκηνωμάτων Κηδαρ

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 πολλὰ παρῴκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου

Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7 μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην ἤμην εἰρηνικός ὅταν ἐλάλουν αὐτοῖς ἐπολέμουν με δωρεάν

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.