Psalmorum 120

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

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

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

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

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

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

4 Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

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

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

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

6 multum incola fuit anima mea.

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

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

I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!