Psalmowo 120

1 Mɔzɔha. Meyɔ Yehowa le nye xaxa me, eye wòtɔ nam.

In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

2 O! Yehowa, ɖem, tso aʋatsonuyiwo kple alakpaɖewo ƒe asi me.

O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

3 O! Alakpaɖe, nu ka wòawɔ na wò, eye nu ka wòatsɔ akpee na wò?

What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

4 Atsɔ aʋawɔla ƒe aŋutrɔ ɖaɖɛwo ahe to na wòe kpe ɖe yɔkuti ƒe dzoka xɔxɔwo ŋuti.

The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

5 Baba nam be mele Mesek, eye mele Kedar ƒe agbadɔwo me!

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

6 Menɔ ame siwo lé fu ŋutifafa la dome wòdidi fũu akpa.

My soul hath been long a sojourner.

7 Ŋutifafamee menye, gake ne meƒo nu la, woawo kpea aʋa.

With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.