Tingtoeng 121

1 Tangtlaeng laa Kai bomkung me lamkah nim ha pawk ve? tila tlang taengah ka mik ka huel.

A song of ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. O whence shall help for me come?

2 Kai aka bomkung tah vaan neh diklai aka saii BOEIPA taeng lamkah ni.

From the Lord comes help to me the creator of heaven and earth.

3 Na kho te paloe ham khueh pawt vetih nang aka dawn te a mikku mahpawh.

Your foot he will not let totter: he who guards you will not sleep.

4 Israel aka dawn loh tarha a mikku pawt vetih ip mahpawh.

The guardian of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 BOEIPA loh nang n'ngaithuen tih BOEIPA tah na bantang kut ah na hlipkhup la om.

The Lord is he who guards you your shelter upon your right hand.

6 Khothaih ah khomik loh, khoyin kah hla long khaw nang n'ngawn mahpawh.

The sun by day shall not strike you, nor the moon by night.

7 BOEIPA loh nang te yoethae cungkuem lamloh n'khoembael vetih na hinglu te a ngaithuen ni.

From all evil the Lord will guard you, he will guard your life.

8 Na cet tih na pawk due, tahae lamloh kumhal duela BOEIPA loh n'ngaithuen ni.

The Lord will guard your going and coming from now and for evermore.