¹{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

¹TOUPA aw, ka dikna thu ja inla, ka kikou husa ngaikhia inla; ka thumna, juauthu genhat muka pawt hi lou-ah, bil na doh in;

²Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.

²Ka tungthu pukna tuh na ma akipana pawt hi henla; na mitin khentuam neih louhna en hen.

³Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

³Ka lungtang na enchian a; janin na hongpha a; non endikta a bangmah na mu het kei a; ka kamin a genkhial kei ding ka chi chiltel ahi;

⁴Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent [man].

⁴Mihing thilhih ah jaw, na muka thu pawt jiakin mihing ngongtat lampi-a pai lou dingin ka kikem hoih ahi;

⁵When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

⁵Ka kalsuanten na lampi tuh a tawn ziahziaha, ka khete a tal ngeikei hi.

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O ùGod. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

⁶Pathian aw, ka honsam jela, nang lah non dawng dinga: kei lamah na bil hondoh inla, ka thugen ngaikhia in;

⁷Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].

⁷Nangmaha ginna koih peuhmahte kianga, na khut taklama amau sualte hondam jelpa aw, na chitna lamdang kilang sakin.

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

⁸Mit laimu bangin honkem inla, na kha nuaiahte honbu sakin.

⁹From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

⁹Mi gilou-salou honhihsiaa, hondou-a honum kim lakah.

¹⁰They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

¹⁰Amaute tuh amau thau-a umin a om ua, a kam un kisathei takin thu a gen jel uhi;

¹¹They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

¹¹Tuin jaw ka kalsuanna peuhmah uah a honum suakta a, leia honhihpuk dingin a mitte khawng uh ka tunguah a tusak uhi;

¹²He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

¹²Amah tuh humpinelkai sa keih ut mahmah bang leh, humpinelkai lunlai mun dai peuha buk niloulouh bang lel ahi.

¹³Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;

¹³TOUPA aw, thou inla, amah maituah pih inla, kun sakin: ka hinna tuh mi gilou-salou lakah na namsauin humbit inla.

¹⁴From men [who are] thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in [this] life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their children.

¹⁴TOUPA aw, na khutin mihingte lakah, khovel mihingte lakah, humbitin; amau tuam jaw tu damsunga a neih uh ahi a, a gil uh na gouin na dimsak naknaka; tate lungkim hunt akin a nei ua, a sum zat val uh a tangekte uh a sihsan jel uhi.Ken jaw diktatna neiin na mel ka mu dinga; nangmah batna neia ka hah hun chiangin ka lungkim hun mahmah ding hi.

¹⁵As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

¹⁵Ken jaw diktatna neiin na mel ka mu dinga; nangmah batna neia ka hah hun chiangin ka lungkim hun mahmah ding hi.