Psalmowo 120

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

“A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.

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

O LORD! deliver me from lying lips, From the deceitful tongue!

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

What profit to thee, Or what advantage to thee, is the false tongue?

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

It is like the sharp arrows of the mighty man; Like coals of the juniper.

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

Alas for me, that I sojourn in Mesech, That I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

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

Too long have I dwelt With them that hate peace!

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

I am for peace; yet, when I speak for it, They are for war.