< Psalmowo 120 >

1 Mɔzɔha. Meyɔ Yehowa le nye xaxa me, eye wòtɔ nam.
A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, and He answered me.
2 O! Yehowa, ɖem, tso aʋatsonuyiwo kple alakpaɖewo ƒe asi me.
O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
3 O! Alakpaɖe, nu ka wòawɔ na wò, eye nu ka wòatsɔ akpee na wò?
What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
4 Atsɔ aʋawɔla ƒe aŋutrɔ ɖaɖɛwo ahe to na wòe kpe ɖe yɔkuti ƒe dzoka xɔxɔwo ŋuti.
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.
5 Baba nam be mele Mesek, eye mele Kedar ƒe agbadɔwo me!
Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar!
6 Menɔ ame siwo lé fu ŋutifafa la dome wòdidi fũu akpa.
My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.
7 Ŋutifafamee menye, gake ne meƒo nu la, woawo kpea aʋa.
I am all peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

< Psalmowo 120 >