Psalmorum 120

1 canticum graduum ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi et exaudivit me

A song of ascents. In distress I cried to the Lord, and he answered me.

2 Domine libera animam meam a labiis iniquis a lingua dolosa

‘Deliver me, Lord, from the lip that is false and the tongue that is crafty.’

3 quid detur tibi et quid adponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam

What shall he give to you, you tongue that is crafty? What yet shall he give to you?

4 sagittae potentis acutae cum carbonibus desolatoriis

Arrows of warrior, sharpened, with glowing broom coals together.

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

Woe is me that I sojourn in Meshech, that I live by the tents of Kedar.

6 multum incola fuit anima mea

Already too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.

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

I am for peace: but when I speak of it, they are for war.