Psalmorum 120

1 canticum graduum ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi et exaudivit me

“A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.

2 Domine libera animam meam a labiis iniquis a lingua dolosa

O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!

3 quid detur tibi et quid adponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam

What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?

4 sagittae potentis acutae cum carbonibus desolatoriis

It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.

5 heu mihi quia incolatus meus prolongatus est habitavi cum habitationibus Cedar

Alas for me, that I sojourn in Mesech, That I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 multum incola fuit anima mea

Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

7 cum his qui oderant pacem eram pacificus cum loquebar illis inpugnabant me gratis

I am for peace; yet, when I speak for it, They are for war.