Psalmowo 120

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

“A song of the degrees.” Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered me.

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

O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.

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

What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?

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

Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.

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

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

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

Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace.

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

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.