Saam 120

1 Kasang laa. Patang ka khang naah Angraeng to ka kawk, ka kawkhaih lok to anih mah ang pathim.

“A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.

2 Aw Angraeng, amsawnlok thuihaih pahninawk hoi alinghaih palainawk thung hoiah na pahlong ah.

O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!

3 Aw aling thaih palai nang, kawbaktih danpaekhaih maw nang paek han? To tih ai boeh loe na nuiah timaw ka sak han?

What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?

4 Nang loe thacak kami ih kasum palaa hoi hmai kamngaeh thing hoiah thuitaek han oh.

It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.

5 Kedar ih kahni im ah ka oh moe, Meshek ah ka oh pongah, kai han khosak bingh!

Alas for me, that I sojourn in Mesech, That I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 Ka hinghaih hnuma moe, angdaehhaih hnuma kami hoi nawnto ohhaih atue sawk parai boeh.

Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

7 Kai loe angdaehhaih koeh kami ah ka oh; toe lok ka thuih naah, nihcae loe misa angcoenghaih to koeh o lat.

I am for peace; yet, when I speak for it, They are for war.