Psalm 119 (120)

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

1 In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

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

2 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

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

3 What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue?

4 Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

4 The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

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

5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar:

6 multum incola fuit anima mea.

6 My soul hath been long a sojourner.

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

7 With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.