Psalmorum 120

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

A Canticle in steps. When troubled, I cried out to the Lord, and he heard me.

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

O Lord, free my soul from lips of iniquity and from the deceitful tongue.

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

What will be given to you, or what will be added to you, for a deceitful tongue?:

4 Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

the sharp arrows of the powerful, along with the burning coals of desolation.

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

Woe to me, for my sojourning has been prolonged. I have lived with the inhabitants of Kedar.

6 multum incola fuit anima mea.

My soul has long been a sojourner.

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

With those who hated peace, I was peaceful. When I spoke to them, they fought against me without cause.