< Psalms 120 >
1 A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
NI ai apwal akan i likwir wong Ieowa, a ap kotin mangi ia.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.
Maing Ieowa, kotin dore ia la, sang au en me kin likam, o lo en kotaue.
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
Da me lo likam kak wiai ong uk, o da me a kak kapwaiada?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
A rasong kanangan kasik katieu kong kan ren me kelail amen, dueta kisiniai nan alek.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Meid apwal ong ia, ai kairu nan Mesek, o ai kauson impan im en men Kedar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Meid warai ong ai kaukauson ren aramas akan me kin tataki muei mau.
7 I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.
I inong iong muei mau, a ni ai pan lokaia, re kin mauki mauin.