Psalms 120

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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

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

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

6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Asedak amingʼa ahinya, e dier joma ok dwar kwe.

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

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