Psalmorum 120

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

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. I called out to the Lord for help in all my troubles, and he answered me.

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

Lord, please save me from liars and cheats!

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

What will the Lord do to you, you liars? How will he punish you?

4 Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

With the sharp arrows of a warrior and burning coals made from a broom tree.

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

I'm sorry for myself, because I live as a foreigner in Meshech, or among the tent-dwellers of Kedar.

6 multum incola fuit anima mea.

I have lived for far too long among people who hate peace.

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

I want peace, but when I talk of peace, they want war.