¹I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

¹Ka leia thil ka hihkhelh louhna dingin ka omdante ka veng hoih dinga; mi gilou-saloute ka maa a om sung teng uh ka kam mukgak nain ka gak ding ka chi.

²I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

²Huchiin dai didein pau louin ka om a, a hoihlam ah leng ka dai dide a; himahleh ka lungngaihna tuh tohthohin a om zosopa.

³My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:

³Ka sung ah ka lung a sa vutvut; ka ngaihtuah ka ngaihtuah in mei tuh a kuang khia a; huan, ka leiin thu ka genta hi.

⁴“Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

⁴Toupa, ka tawpna ding leh, ka damchiang ding, bangchi ahi, chih, hon theisak inla; ka hinna bek in dan hontheisak in.

⁵Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

⁵Ngaiin, ka damsung tuh khutpek tan phetin na siama; ka kum tuh na mitmuhin bangmah tham ahi keia; mi chih a hoih lai pen un a vek un bangmahlou lel ahi uhi. Selah.

⁶“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

⁶Mi chih nuamsa bangin a vak ngei ua; a mawk buai ngei nak uhi. Gou a khawl khawm ua, a luah ding lah a theikei uhi.

⁷Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

⁷Huan, Toupa, tunah bang ka ngak dia? Nangmah ah ahi ka lametna a om.

⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

⁸Ka tatlekna tengteng lakah honhonkhia inla: mihai gensiat in hon omsak ken.

⁹I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

⁹Nangmah hih a hih jiak in ka pau keia, ka kam leng ka ka kei hi.

¹⁰Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

¹⁰Na hasotna ka kiang akipan honlak suansak inla; na khut khaka hihman ka hi hi.

¹¹When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

¹¹Mi a tatlekna jiaka thuhilha na sawiin, a deihlai pen leikha bangin na hihse naka; mi chih bangmahlou lel ahi uhi. Selah.

¹²“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

¹²Toupa aw, ka thumna ngaikhia inla, ka kikou na ah na bil doh inla; ka khitui kia daihsan ken: na mikhual ka hi a, ka pipute tengteng bangin zintammi ka hi ngala.Aw, hiai a kipan ka pawta, ka omlouh paisuak vengveng main, ka halh nawnna ding in honhawi in.

¹³Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more.”

¹³Aw, hiai a kipan ka pawta, ka omlouh paisuak vengveng main, ka halh nawnna ding in honhawi in.