¹Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

¹TOUPA aw, bangachia gamla pi-a ding nak na hia? Bangchia mangbat lai banga kisal nak?

²The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

²Mi gilou-salou kisaktheihna jiakin mi gentheite delh ekin a om uhi; a thil gilou ngaihtuah khiakte uah amau mah awk uhen.

³For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

³Mi gilou-salou in a lungtang utlam a suanga, mi huaihamin TOUPA a paikhia a, a musit nak hi.

⁴The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

⁴Mi gilou-salou in kisaktheih mel puin, A phut kei ding, a chichi a. A ngaihtuahna tengteng tuh, Pathian a om kei, chih ngen ahi.

⁵His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

⁵A omdante tuh ckiklai peuhin leng a kip hima; na vaihawmnate tuh tunglam gamla pi-ah, a muh bat louhah, a om hi: Amah doute tengteng lah a nuihsan maimah ngala;

⁶He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

⁶A lungsim in, Ka ling kei ding; khang tengteng phain leng mangbangin ka om kei ding, a chi hi.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

⁷A kam tuh hamselohna te, khemna te, engbawlna tein a dima; a lei nuaiah thilhihkhelh na leh siatna a om hi.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

⁸Kho tenga a guka tanna munahte khawng a tu jela; mun dai khawngah giloulou mite a that jel hi: a mitin bangmah hih theilou mi a guktan nak ahi;

⁹He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

⁹Humpinelkaiin a kua a guktan bangin aman tuh mun dai ah a guktan jel hi; mi genthei man dingin a tang jela: mi genthei tuh a man ngeia, hichiin a lenin a kai mang naknak hi.

¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.

¹⁰A khupboha, a kuna, bangmah hih theilou mite a mi hatte uh hihpukin a om naknak uhi;

¹¹He saith in his heart, ùGod hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].

¹¹A lungsim ah, Pathianin a mangngilh ahi: a mai a sela, chikmah chiangin a mu kei ding, a chi.

¹²Arise, Jehovah; O ùGod, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

¹²Toupa aw, thou in; Pathian aw, na khut honlikin: mi gentheite mangngilh ken;

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

¹³Bangjiakin ahia mi gilou-salouin Pathian a muhsit, a lungsima, Na phut kei ding, a chih nak?

¹⁴Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁴Muh jaw na mu khin thama; na khuta thuk ding thilhihkhial leh hihvuina na en ngala: bangmah hih theilou mi na kiangah a kikemsak jela; Pa neilou panpihpa na hi naknak hi.

¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

¹⁵Mi gilousalou ban sutan inla, mi gilou, gitlouhna zong khiain, na muh het louh mateng;

¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.

¹⁶Toupa tuh khantawn khantawn adin KUMPIPA ahi a: nam chih amah gam akipanin a mangthangta uhi.

¹⁷Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

¹⁷Toupa, kingainiamte deihna na ngaikhia a: a lungtang uh na kisa sak dinga, a bil uleng na za sak ding hi:Pa neiloute leh engbawlte, leitung min a engbawl nawn louhna ding un, a vai uh hawmsak dingin.

¹⁸To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

¹⁸Pa neiloute leh engbawlte, leitung min a engbawl nawn louhna ding un, a vai uh hawmsak dingin.