Psalmowo 120

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

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

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

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

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

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

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

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

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

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

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

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

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

I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!