Psalms 120

I call on the Lord in my distress

He waiata; he pikitanga. I tangi ahau ki a Ihowā i tōku matenga, ā, i whakahoki kupu mai ia ki ahau: ²“E Ihowā, whakaorangia tōku wairua i te ngutu teka, i te arero hīanga.” ³Ko te aha e hoatu ki a koe? Ko te aha hoki e tāpiritia atu māu, e te arero hīanga?

⁴Ko ngā pere koi a te hunga nunui, me ngā waro hunipa. ⁵Auē, tōku mate, tō te manene i Meheke, tōku hoki e noho nei i ngā tēneti o Kerara. ⁶Kua roa te nohoanga tahitanga o tōku wairua ki te tangata e kino ana ki te āta noho.

⁷Mō te āta noho ahau; engari ka kōrero ahau, ka anga rātou ka whawhai.