¹Toupa aw, honsualte nang sualin: hondoute nang douin.

¹Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

²Phaw neu leh phaw lian lenin, honpanpih dingin ding in:

²Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

³Tei leng phawi inla, hon delhte lam na dalin: ka hinna kiangah, Na hondampa ka hi, chi in.

³Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”

⁴Ka hinna hihmang tuma zongte zahlak saka hihzumin om uhen: hon hihsiatna dinga thubawlte, taijak sakin gending theilou hialin om uhen.

⁴Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

⁵Toupa angelin hawl kawm jela buhsi huihin a mutleng bangin om uhen.

⁵Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh’s angel driving them on.

⁶Toupa angelin delh kawm jela, a lampi uh mial tak leh nal tak hi hen.

⁶Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh’s angel pursuing them.

⁷A jiak omlouin honmatna ding un a len uh kokhuk ah a phah gu ua, a jiak omlouin ka hinna kiakna dingin kokhuk a tou ngal uhi.

⁷For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

⁸A ki ginlouh laiin siatna a tungah tung henla; a len phah gukah amah mah awk henla: huaiah ke sia hen.

⁸Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

⁹Huchiin ka hinna Toupa ah a nuam ding hi: a hotdamna ah a kipak ding.

⁹My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰Ka guh tengteng in, Toupa, migenthei a lanzoh vuallouh laka humbitpa ahi, tagah leh genthei, a hihgampa laka humbitpa, nang bang mawngmawng kua a om? a chi ding.

¹⁰All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹¹Theihpih diktatlou hialte a hong ding ua; ka thiltheih hetlouh thu ahte thu a hon dong ua.

¹¹Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹²Ka hinna in thil tan khop in thil hoih thil sia in a hondin hi.

¹²They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³Ken bel, a damlouh lai un, ka puansilh tuh saiip ahi a: ka hinna anngawlin ka hih genthei ngala; ka thumna tuh keimah angsung ngeiah a hongkik nawn hi.

¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹⁴Ka lawm hiam, ka unau hiam leng hi heh aw a tung ua ka omdan ding bang in ahi ka om: mi a nu kah bangin sunin ka kun hi.

¹⁴I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁵Himahleh kei ka bai leh amau a kipak sem ua, a kikhawm hial ua: mi vuak hatte honsual ding in a kikhawm ua, huai lah ka nathei ngal kei a: tawpnuam louin honhih ek uhi.

¹⁵But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁶Ankuang luina a nuihja chiamnuihna gente bang phetin a ha uh hon gawi khum uhi.

¹⁶Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁷Toupa, nang bangtan ahia na et ding? Ka hinna hihsiat a tupna lak uah honkhia inla, ka neih sunpen humpinelkai lakah hon khia in.

¹⁷Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁸Kikhopna thupi takah kipahthu ka honhilh dinga: mi tampi lakah ka hon phat ding hi.

¹⁸I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

¹⁹Ka melmaten diklou takah hon otsan kei uhen: bangmah lou a honhote leng a mit un kihoupih sam kei uhen.

¹⁹Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

²⁰Kituahna thu himhima gen ngal kei ua: hiai gam a om hiathiat te khemna thute a ngaihtuah jaw uhi.

²⁰For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²¹Ahi, a kam un hon kamkat khum ua; Ku! Ku! i mitin i muta a chi ua.

²¹Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²²Toupa aw, nang na mu hi, daihsan ken. Toupa aw, hon gamlat mahmah ken.

²²You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²³Ka Pathian leh ka Toupa aw, ka vaihawm dingin, ahi, ka thu a hon gum dingin, kihalhsak inla, hakin.

²³Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²⁴Toupa ka Pathian aw, na diktatna bangjelin vai honhawm sak inla; amauten hon otsan kei uhen.

²⁴Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁵A lungsim un, Nuam e! Huchi bang a keimaw i deih, chi kei uhen. Amah i valh khinta, chi sam kei uhen.

²⁵Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶Ka siatna tunga kipakte zahlak leh gending beiin om chiat uhenla; ka tung a kiliansakte zahlakna leh zumna silhsakte zahlakna leh zumna silhsak in om uhen.

²⁶Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

²⁷Ka diktatna tunga kipakte nuama kikouin kipak takin om uhenla: Ahi, a sikha vangphatna tunga kipak sak Toupa tuh pahtawiin om hen, chi gige uhen.Huchiin, ka leiin na diktatna thu a gen dinga, na phatna thu leng nitumin a gen ding hi.

²⁷Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

²⁸Huchiin, ka leiin na diktatna thu a gen dinga, na phatna thu leng nitumin a gen ding hi.