Psalmorum 120

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

In my distress I cried to Jehovah, and he answered me.

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

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given to thee, and what shall be done more to thee, thou deceitful tongue?

4 Sagittae potentis acutae, 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 Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

6 multum incola fuit anima mea.

My soul has long had her dwelling with him who hates 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.