Zaburi 120

1 Wer miwero ka ji dhi e hekalu. Ka an e chandruok to aluongo Jehova Nyasaye, kendo odwoka,

A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

2 Resa, yaye Jehova Nyasaye, kuom dho joma riambo kendo kuom lew joma wuondore.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.

3 Bende ingʼeyo gima Nyasaye biro timoni, bende ingʼeyo gik mochomi adier, yaye lep mawuondore?

What shall be given to thee? or what shall be done to thee, thou false tongue?

4 Obiro kumi gi aserni mabitho mag jakedo, ee, obiro wangʼi gi maka maliel mager, mowangʼ gi yiend adugo.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 Malit ochoma adier nikech adak Meshek, hapa rach nikech adak e dier hembe mag Kedar!

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 Asedak amingʼa ahinya, e dier joma ok dwar kwe.

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7 An ngʼat kwe; to ka awuoyo, to giikore ni lweny.

I [am] for peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.