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 hills. Where does my help come from?

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

My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

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

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

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

Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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

Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.

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

The sun will not harm you by day, 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 you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

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

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.