Abụ Ọma 120

1 Abụ nrigo. Ana m akpọku Onyenwe anyị nʼime nsogbu m, ọ na-azakwa m.

A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he hearkened to me.

2 O Onyenwe anyị, zọpụta m site nʼegbugbere ọnụ okwu ụgha na ire na-ekwu okwu aghụghọ.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

3 Gịnị ka a ga-eme gị, ọ bụkwa gịnị ọzọ ka a gatụkwasịri gị, gị ire aghụghọ?

What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee, for [thy] crafty tongue?

4 Ọ ga-eji àkụ dị nkọ nke dike nʼagha taa gị ahụhụ, ya na icheku ọkụ osisi brum na-ere ere.

Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

5 Ahụhụ dịịrị m nʼihi na m bi na Meshek, nʼihi na m bikwa nʼetiti ụlọ ikwu ndị Keda!

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.

6 Ogologo oge ka m binyere ndị kpọrọ udo asị.

My soul has long been a sojourner;

7 Abụ m onye udo; ma mgbe m kwuru okwu, okwu ha bụ okwu agha.

I was peaceable among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.