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 mine eyes, unto the mountains, From whence cometh my help!

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

My help, is from Yahweh, who made heavens and earth.

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

May he not suffer thy foot, to slip, May thy keeper, not slumber!

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

Lo! neither will slumber nor sleep, The keeper of Israel.

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

Yahweh, is thy keeper, Yahweh, is thy shade, on thy right hand:

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

By day, the sun, shall not smite, nor, the moon, by night.

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

Yahweh, will keep thee from all harm, He will keep thy life.

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

Yahweh, will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth, even unto times age-abiding.