Psalmorum 120

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

A Song of degrees. In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.

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

Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

4 Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.

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

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

6 multum incola fuit anima mea.

My soul hath long dwelt with them that 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.