< Psalmorum 120 >
1 Canticum graduum. Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi, et exaudivit me.
A Song of degrees. 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 thee? or what shall be done to thee, thou 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 hath long dwelt with him that hateth 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.