Psalms 120

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I have called to YHWH in my distress, And He answers me.

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

2 O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

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

3 What does He give to you? And what does He add to you? O deceitful tongue!

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

4 Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with coals of broom trees.

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

5 Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

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

6 My soul has dwelt too much with him who is hating peace.

Asedak amingʼa ahinya, e dier joma ok dwar kwe.

7 I—peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!

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