Psalmorum 120

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

In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

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

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given to you? or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

4 Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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

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

6 multum incola fuit anima mea.

My soul has long dwelled with him that hates peace.

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

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