Psalms 120

1 A song of degrees. I called vnto the Lord in my trouble, and hee heard me.

Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiyambiza uThixo ngisosizini, laye angiphendule.

2 Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.

Ngisindisa, Oh Thixo, ezindebeni zamanga lezindimini zenkohliso.

3 What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?

Uzakwenzani kuwe, aphinde enzeni njalo, wena limi lwenkohliso?

4 It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of iuniper.

Uzakujezisa ngomtshoko obukhali owebutho, ngamalahle avuthayo esihlahla.

5 Woe is to me that I remaine in Meschech, and dwell in the tentes of Kedar.

Maye mina ngokuhlala kwami eMesheki, ngokuthi ngihlala emathenteni aseKhedari!

6 My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Sengihlale isikhathi eside kakhulu phakathi kwalabo abazonda ukuthula.

7 I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.

Ngingumuntu wokuthula; kodwa ngithi ngingakhuluma, sebefuna impi.