Abụ Ọma 120

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

A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me.

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

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying 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 shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

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

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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

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

6 Ogologo oge ka m binyere ndị kpọrọ udo asị.

My soul hath long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.

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

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