Psalms 120

1 A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

He waiata; he pikitanga. I tangi, ahau ki a Ihowa i toku matenga; a i whakahoki kupu mai ia ki ahau.

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

E Ihowa, whakaorangia toku wairua i te ngutu teka, i te arero hianga.

3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

Ko te aha e hoatu ki a koe? ko te aha hoki e tapiritia atu mau, e te arero hianga?

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

Ko nga pere koi a te hunga nunui, me nga waro hunipa.

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

Aue, toku mate, to te manene i Meheke, toku hoki e noho nei i nga teneti o Kerara!

6 Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

Kua roa te nohoanga tahitanga o toku wairua ki te tangata e kino ana ki te ata noho.

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

Mo te ata noho ahau, engari ka korero ahau, ka anga ratou ka whawhai.