Psalmorum 120

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

A song of ascents. In my distress I called out to Yahweh, and he answered me.

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

Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips and deceive with their tongues.

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

How will he punish you, and what more will he do to you, you who have a lying tongue?

4 Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

He will punish you with the arrows of a warrior sharpened over burning coals of the broom tree.

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

Woe is me because I temporarily live in Meshech; I lived previously among the tents of Kedar.

6 multum incola fuit anima mea.

For too long I have lived with those who hate 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.