Psalms 120

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

Rwiyo rworwendo. Ndinodana kuna Jehovha mukutambudzika kwangu, uye anondipindura.

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

Haiwa Jehovha, ndiponesei pamiromo inoreva nhema, nendimi dzinonyengera.

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

Achaiteiko kwauri, uye chimwe chiiko kunze kwezvizvi, iwe rurimi runonyengera?

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

Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

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

Ndine nhamo ini ndinogara muMesheki, kuti ndinogara pakati pamatende eKedhari!

6 My soul has long been a sojourner;

Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

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

Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.