Psalmorum 120

1 canticum graduum ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi et exaudivit me

A Song of Ascents. Unto Yahweh, in the distress that befell me, I cried—and he answered me.

2 Domine libera animam meam a labiis iniquis a lingua dolosa

O Yahweh! rescue thou my soul—from the false lip, from the deceitful tongue.

3 quid detur tibi et quid adponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam

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

4 sagittae potentis acutae cum carbonibus desolatoriis

The arrows of the hero sharpened, with burning coals of broom.

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

Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek, —That I abide near the tents of Kedar!

6 multum incola fuit anima mea

Long, hath my soul had her dwelling with him that hateth peace:

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

I, am for peace, and verily I speak, They, are for war!