Psalmowo 120

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

A song of ascents. In my distress I called out to Yahweh, and he answered me.

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

Rescue my life, Yahweh, from those who lie with their lips and deceive with their tongues.

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

How will he punish you, and what more will he do to you, you who have a lying tongue?

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

He will punish you with the arrows of a warrior sharpened over burning coals of the broom tree.

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

Woe is me because I temporarily live in Meshech; I lived previously among the tents of Kedar.

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

For too long I have lived with those who hate peace.

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

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