Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 120:4:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “He will punish you with sharp arrows of people of war,
  and with burning charcoal of a mopane tree.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “He will punish you with the sharp arrows of soldiers
  and flaming charcoal.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “He will-punish you (plur.) with the pointed arrows of a soldier and flaming coals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “He will shoot you (plur.) with the sharp arrows,
  and he will burn you (plur.) with a very hot charcoal.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Na mishale mikali ya mpigana vita,
  ambayo wameibabua katika moto ambao unawaka sana.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “He will shoot sharp arrows at you like soldiers do,
  and he will burn you with red-hot coals from the wood of a broom tree.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 120:5:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “Misfortune (to) me that I stay at Meshach,
  that I stay among the tents of Kedar.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “I am cursed, for I have to live as a foreigner in Meshech,
  and [I] have to live among the tents of Kedar.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “I am pitied for I dwell/reside with you (plur.) who (are) as evil/bad as the residents of Meshec and Kedar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “I am suffering when I live with people who are foreigners of the land of Meshech,
  and foreign people who live in the tents of Kedar.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Ole wangu mimi nimetendewa kama niko mgeni,
  katika nchi ya katika Mesheki,
  ambaye nalala katika mabanda ya katika Kedari.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “It is terrible for me, living among cruel/savage people
  like those who live in Meshech region and Kedar region.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 120:6:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “For a long time I have stayed in the midst
  of those who hate peace.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “[I] have been living too long among those who hate peace.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “For-a-long-time now I have-been-living with you (plur.) who do- not -want peace.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “I am suffering when I live for long
  among the people who hate peace” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Nimekaa muda mrefu sana,
  pamoja na watu ambao hawaipendi amani.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “I have lived for a long time among people who hate to live with others peacefully.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 120:7:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “I am a person of peace;
  but when I am speaking, they want war.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “I love peace, but when I talk of peace,
  they get ready to go to war.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “I want peace but if in-fact/indeed I speak about that you (plur.) want war.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “I am a man of peace,
  but when I speak about peace, instead they are the people for war.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Mimi niko mtu wa amani,
  lakini wakati ninasema,
  wao wanataka vita.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “Every time I talk about living together peacefully,
  they talk about starting a war.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 121:1:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “I raise my eyes to the mountains;
  where does my help come from?” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “I will set my eyes toward the mountains,
  Where does my help come from?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “I look at the mountains/hills;
  where does- my help -come-from?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “I lift up my eyes to the mountains,
  where does my help come from?” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Nainua macho yangu kutazama milima,
  msaada wangu utatoka wapi?” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “When we travel toward Jerusalem,
  I look up toward the hills and I ask myself, ‘Who will help me?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 121:2:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “My help comes from Jehovah,
  creator of heaven and earth.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “Help comes to me from the Lord,
  who made heaven and earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “My help comes-from the LORD, who made the heavens and the earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “My help come from the LORD,
  the Creater of heaven and earth.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Msaada wangu unatoka kwa BWANA,
  ambaye aliumba mbingu na dunia.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “And my answer is that Yahweh is the one who helps me;
  he is the one who made heaven and the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 121:3:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “He will not allow that your foot should slip;
  He who keeps you will not doze.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “He will not let your foot slip,
  The one who takes care of you will not doze off to sleep.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “He will- not -let you (sing.) fall.
  He who takes-care-of/preserves you (sing.), does- not -sleep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “He will not allow your leg to fall down,
  God who watches you, he will not sleep.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Hatakuja kukuacha ili uanguke,
  hasinzii mlinzi wako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “He will not allow us to fall/stumble;
  God, who protects us, will not fall asleep.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 121:4:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “You see, He who keeps Israel
  will not doze or sleep.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “Look! He who takes care of Israel will never doze off to sleep.
  He will not cause sleep to come.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “Listen! The preserver/one-who-takes-care of Israel does- not -let-(himself)-to-be-sleepy or sleep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “Truly, he who watches the people of Israel
  he will not sleep.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Kweli mlinzi wa Israeli,
  hatakuja kusinzia au kulala usingizi.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “The one who protects us Israeli people
  never gets sleepy, nor does he sleep.” (Source: Translation for Translators)