< Psalms 120 >
1 [A Song of Ascents.] In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.
Ɔsoroforɔ dwom. Mesu frɛ Awurade wɔ mʼahohiahia mu, na ɔgye me so.
2 Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
Ao Awurade, gye me firi atorɔ ano ne nnaadaa tɛkrɛma nsam.
3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
Ɛdeɛn na ɔbɛyɛ wo, na ɛdeɛn na ɛka ho bio, Ao nnaadaa tɛkrɛma?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Ɔde asraafoɔ bɛmma a ano yɛ nnam ne gyasramma bɛtwe wʼaso.
5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar.
Nnome nka me sɛ mabɛsoɛ Mesek, na mete Kedar ntomadan mu!
6 My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.
Matena ase akyɛre dodo wɔ wɔn a wɔkyiri asomdwoeɛ mu.
7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
Meyɛ asomdwoeɛ onipa; nanso sɛ mekasa a, ɛyɛ ɔko ma wɔn.