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Table of Psalms << Psalm 120 >>
1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81 91 101 111 121 131 141	2 12 22 32 42 52 62 72 82 92 102 112 122 132 142	3 13 23 33 43 53 63 73 83 93 103 113 123 133 143	4 14 24 34 44 54 64 74 84 94 104 114 124 134 144	5 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85 95 105 115 125 135 145	6 16 26 36 46 56 66 76 86 96 106 116 126 136 146	7 17 27 37 47 57 67 77 87 97 107 117 127 137 147	8 18 28 38 48 58 68 78 88 98 108 118 128 138 148	9 19 29 39 49 59 69 79 89 99 109 119 129 139 149	10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150

1 General Information
2 Settings by composers
3 Texts & translations

General Information

The first two verses are used in the gradual, Ad Dominum, for the Sunday within the Octave of Corpus Christi (now OT 8ab in the three-year lectionary).

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Texts & translations

Clementine Vulgate (Psalm 119)

Latin text

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

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

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

4 Sagittæ potentis acutæ, cum carbonibus desolatoriis.

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

6 multum incola fuit anima mea.

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

Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer

English text

1 When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord : and he heard me.

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips : and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue : even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.

4 Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech : and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar.

5 My soul hath long dwelt among them : that are enemies unto peace.

6 I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof : they make them ready to battle.

Metrical 'Old Version' (Thomas Sternhold)

English text

In trouble and in thrall
Unto the Lord I call,
And he doth me comfort:
Deliver me, I pray,
From lying lips alway,
And tongues of false report.

What ’vantage or what thing
Gett’st thou thus for to sting,
Thou false and flatt’ring liar?
Thy tongue doth hurt, ’tis seen,
No less than arrows keen,
Or hot consuming fire.

Alas! That I am fain
In those tents to remain,
Which Kedar are by name:
By whom the flock elect,
And all of Isaac’s sect,
Are put to open shame.

With them that peace do hate
I came to meditate,
And set a quiet life:
But when my mind was told,
Causeless I was controlled
By them that loved strife.