(A special psalm and a prayer by David when he was in the cave.)
A Prayer for Help
1 I pray to you, Lord.
I beg for mercy.
2 I tell you all my worries
and my troubles,
3 and whenever I feel low,
you are there to guide me.
A trap has been hidden
along my pathway.
4 Even if you look,
you won't see anyone
who cares enough
to walk beside me.
There is no place to hide,
and no one who really cares.
5 I pray to you, Lord!
You are my place of safety,
and you are my choice
in the land of the living.
Please answer my prayer.
I am completely helpless.
6 Help! They are chasing me,
and they are too strong.
7 Rescue me from this prison,
so I can praise your name.
And when your people notice
your wonderful kindness to me,
they will rush to my side.
Ongumbiro yombatero
Omuimbo wa David tja ri mondimba. Ongumbiro.
1 Ami me ku ombatero ku Muhona;
me riyarikaṋa otjari ku ye.
2 Me eta ozondjemeno zandje azehe ku ye,
me mu serekarerere omauzeu wandje aehe.
3 Ami tji me rihahiza, eye ma tjiwa
imbi mbi mbi sokutjita.
Mondjira mu me kayenda,
ovanavita na ami
ve ndji twira po ombate.
4 Tji mba yevayeva, mba muna kutja
kape nomundu ngu me ndji vatere,
kape na ngu me ndji yama;
nu kape na ngu na ko na tja na ami.
5 Ami me ku ombatero kove, Muhona,
me tja nai: “Oove omaundiro wandje;
oove porwe ngu mbi vanga
mongarero yomuinyo mbwi.”
6 Puratena kondjuriro yandje,
tjinga amba wotama.
Ndji yama kovanavita na ami,
owo tjinga ave nomasa tjinene pu ami.
7 Ndji pitisa motjovakamburwa;
mombongo yotjiwaṋa tjoye
ami me ku tanga mena rouwa
woye mbu we ndji tjitira.
