¹Canticum graduum.A Canticle in steps.Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi,When troubled, I cried out to the Lord,et exaudivit me.and he heard me.

¹Canticum graduum.A Canticle in steps.Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi,When troubled, I cried out to the Lord,et exaudivit me.and he heard me.

²Domine,O Lord,libera animam meam a labiis iniquis et a lingua dolosa.free my soul from lips of iniquity and from the deceitful tongue.

²Domine,O Lord,libera animam meam a labiis iniquis et a lingua dolosa.free my soul from lips of iniquity and from the deceitful tongue.

³Quid detur tibi,What will be given to you,aut quid apponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam?or what will be added to you, for a deceitful tongue?:

³Quid detur tibi,What will be given to you,aut quid apponatur tibi ad linguam dolosam?or what will be added to you, for a deceitful tongue?:

⁴Sagittæ potentis acutæ,the sharp arrows of the powerful,cum carbonibus desolatoriis.along with the burning coals of desolation.

⁴Sagittæ potentis acutæ,the sharp arrows of the powerful,cum carbonibus desolatoriis.along with the burning coals of desolation.

⁵Heu mihi,Woe to me,quia incolatus meus prolongatus est!for my sojourning has been prolonged.habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar;I have lived with the inhabitants of Kedar.

⁵Heu mihi,Woe to me,quia incolatus meus prolongatus est!for my sojourning has been prolonged.habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar;I have lived with the inhabitants of Kedar.

⁶multum incola fuit anima mea.My soul has long been a sojourner.

⁶multum incola fuit anima mea.My soul has long been a sojourner.

⁷Cum his qui oderunt pacem eram pacificus;With those who hated peace, I was peaceful.cum loquebar illis,When I spoke to them,impugnabant me gratis.they fought against me without cause.

⁷Cum his qui oderunt pacem eram pacificus;With those who hated peace, I was peaceful.cum loquebar illis,When I spoke to them,impugnabant me gratis.they fought against me without cause.