¹{A Song of degrees.} In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.

¹Ka mangbatna ah Toupa ka sama, huchiin aman hondawng hi.

²Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

²Toupa aw, muk juautheite lakah leh lei mi khemhat lakah ka hinna humbit in.

³What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

³Nang lei khemhat, na kiangah bang a honpia ding ua, bang a honbehlap ding ua?

⁴Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.

⁴Mi hat thal zumtakte, Juniper sing lingte toh.

⁵Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

⁵Mashekte gama ka om leh Kedarte puanin laka ka om ka tung a gik hi.

⁶My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.

⁶Ka hinnain lemna hote kiangah sawtpi omna a neita hi.Ken kituah ka uta; himahleh thu ka gen takin kidou a ut nak uhi.

⁷I [am for] peace; but when I speak, *they* [are] for war.

⁷Ken kituah ka uta; himahleh thu ka gen takin kidou a ut nak uhi.