Saam 120

1 Kasang laa. Patang ka khang naah Angraeng to ka kawk, ka kawkhaih lok to anih mah ang pathim.

A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me.

2 Aw Angraeng, amsawnlok thuihaih pahninawk hoi alinghaih palainawk thung hoiah na pahlong ah.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.

3 Aw aling thaih palai nang, kawbaktih danpaekhaih maw nang paek han? To tih ai boeh loe na nuiah timaw ka sak han?

What shall be given to thee? or what shall be done to thee, thou false tongue?

4 Nang loe thacak kami ih kasum palaa hoi hmai kamngaeh thing hoiah thuitaek han oh.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 Kedar ih kahni im ah ka oh moe, Meshek ah ka oh pongah, kai han khosak bingh!

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 Ka hinghaih hnuma moe, angdaehhaih hnuma kami hoi nawnto ohhaih atue sawk parai boeh.

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7 Kai loe angdaehhaih koeh kami ah ka oh; toe lok ka thuih naah, nihcae loe misa angcoenghaih to koeh o lat.

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