Psalms 120

1 A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

Katika dhiki yangu nilimuita Yahwe, naye akanijibu.

2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.

Uiokoe nasfi yangu, yahwe, dhidi ya wale wadanganyao kwa midomo yao na wanenao hila kwa ndimi zao.

3 What shall be given to thee? or what shall be done to thee, thou false tongue?

Yahwe atawaadhibu vipi, na atawafanyia kitu gani zaidi, ninyi mlio na ulimi mdanganyifu?

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Atawaadhibu kwa mishale ya shujaa iliyo nolewa kwa makaa ya moto ya mretemu.

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Ole wangu mimi kwa sababu ninaishi kwa muda Mesheki; huko nyuma niliishi kati ya maskani ya Kedari.

6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Kwa muda mrefu sana niliisha na wale waichukiao amani.

7 I [am] for peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.

Nipo kwa ajili ya amani, lakini ninenapo, wao wako kwa ajili ya vita.