Psalm 120
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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).
Settings by composers
- Melchior Franck SSTB.AATB (Latin)
- Hans Leo Hassler SATTB or SATBB (vv.1-2 only, Latin)
- Joseph Key SATB (English)
- Orlando di Lasso SSATTB (vv.1-4 only, Latin)
- Cristóbal de Morales STTB (Latin)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB (vv.1-3 only, Latin)
- Alessandro Scarlatti SATB (vv.1-2 only, Latin)
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. Káldi fordításHungarian text Ének a fölmenetekre. Az Úrhoz kiálték, midőn szorongattatám: és meghallgata engem, |
Church of England 1662 Book of Common PrayerEnglish 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 |