Psalms 120

1 A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me.

Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiyambiza uThixo ngisosizini, laye angiphendule.

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Ngisindisa, Oh Thixo, ezindebeni zamanga lezindimini zenkohliso.

3 What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

Uzakwenzani kuwe, aphinde enzeni njalo, wena limi lwenkohliso?

4 Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

Uzakujezisa ngomtshoko obukhali owebutho, ngamalahle avuthayo esihlahla.

5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.

Maye mina ngokuhlala kwami eMesheki, ngokuthi ngihlala emathenteni aseKhedari!

6 My soul has long been a sojourner;

Sengihlale isikhathi eside kakhulu phakathi kwalabo abazonda ukuthula.

7 I was peaceful among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.

Ngingumuntu wokuthula; kodwa ngithi ngingakhuluma, sebefuna impi.