Amahubo 120

1 Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiyambiza uThixo ngisosizini, laye angiphendule.

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

2 Ngisindisa, Oh Thixo, ezindebeni zamanga lezindimini zenkohliso.

O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

3 Uzakwenzani kuwe, aphinde enzeni njalo, wena limi lwenkohliso?

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

4 Uzakujezisa ngomtshoko obukhali owebutho, ngamalahle avuthayo esihlahla.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.

5 Maye mina ngokuhlala kwami eMesheki, ngokuthi ngihlala emathenteni aseKhedari!

Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar!

6 Sengihlale isikhathi eside kakhulu phakathi kwalabo abazonda ukuthula.

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

7 Ngingumuntu wokuthula; kodwa ngithi ngingakhuluma, sebefuna impi.

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