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Psalm 120
(LXX 119)

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1 A Song of degrees.
In my distress I cried to Yahweh, and he heard me.


120:1 [ᾨδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν.] Πρὸς κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με ἐκέκραξα, καὶ εἰσήκουσέν μου. 120:1 ᾨδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. — πρός Κύριον ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαί με ἐκέκραξα, καὶ εἰσήκουσέν μου.
120:1 A Song of Degrees. In my affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me. 120:1 A Song of Degrees. In my affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me.

2 Deliver my soul, Oh Yahweh, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

120:2 κύριε, ῥῦσαι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ χειλέων ἀδίκων καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης δολίας. 120:2 Κύριε, ῥῦσαι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ χειλέων ἀδίκων καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης δολίας.
120:2 Deliver my soul, Oh Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 120:2 Deliver my soul, Oh Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What shall be given to you?
Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

120:3 τί δοθείη σοί καὶ τί προστεθείη σοί πρὸς γλῶσσαν δολίαν; 120:3 τί δοθείη σοι καὶ τί προστεθείη σοι πρὸς γλῶσσαν δολίαν;
120:3 What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for your crafty tongue? 120:3 What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for your crafty tongue?

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

120:4 τὰ βέλη τοῦ δυνατοῦ ἠκονημένα σὺν τοῖς ἄνθραξιν τοῖς ἐρημικοῖς. 120:4 τὰ βέλη τοῦ δυνατοῦ ἠκονημένα, σὺν τοῖς ἄνθραξι τοῖς ἐρημικοῖς.
120:4 Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert. 120:4 Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

5 Woe is me, that I stay in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

120:5 Οἴμμοι, ὅτι παροικία μου ἐμακρύνθη, κατεσκήνωσα μετὰ τῶν σκηνωμάτων Κηδάρ. 120:5 οἴμοι ὅτι παροικία μου ἐμακρύνθη, κατεσκήνωσα μετὰ τῶν σκηνωμάτων Κηδάρ.
120:5 Woe is me, that my staying is prolonged; I have tentd among the tents of Kedar. 120:5 Woe is me, that my staying is prolonged; I have tentd among the tents of Kedar.

6 My soul has long dwelt with him who hates peace.

120:6 πολλὰ παρῴκησεν ψυχή μου. 120:6 πολλὰ παρῴκησεν ψυχή μου.
120:6 My soul has long been a resident; 120:6 My soul has long been a resident;

7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

120:7 μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην ἤμην εἰρηνικός·
ὅταν ἐλάλουν αὐτοῖς ἐπολέμουν με δωρεάν.
120:7 μετὰ τῶν μισούντων τὴν εἰρήνην ἤμην εἰρηνικός·
ὅταν ἐλάλουν αὐτοῖς, ἐπολέμουν με δωρεάν.
120:7 I was peaceable among those who hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause. 120:7 I was peaceable among those who hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.