(A special psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune “Don't Destroy.” )
A Prayer When All Goes Wrong
1 Do you mighty people talk
only to oppose justice?
Don't you ever judge fairly?
2 You are always planning evil,
and you are brutal.
3 You have done wrong and lied
from the day you were born.
4 Your words spread poison
like the bite of a cobra
5 that refuses to listen
to the snake charmer.
6 My enemies are fierce
as lions, Lord God!
Shatter their teeth.
Snatch out their fangs.
7 Make them disappear
like leaking water,
and make their arrows miss.
8 Let them dry up like snails
or be like a child that dies
before seeing the sun.
9 Wipe them out quicker
than a pot can be heated
by setting thorns on fire.
10 Good people will be glad
when they see the wicked
getting what they deserve,
and they will wash their feet
in their enemies' blood.
11 Everyone will say, “It's true!
Good people are rewarded.
God does indeed rule the earth
with justice.”
Ongumbiro yokutja Ndjambi ma vere omunauvi
Komuimburise otja kombosiro yOkuhina Okuṱukuṱura. Epsalme ra David.
1 Oweṋe vanane, mu hungira ousemba are?
Nu mu pangura ovandu osemba are?
2 Kako, momitima vyeṋu mu ripura ouvi porwe,
nu mu tjita ozondjito zoutwe mehi.
3 Ovanauvi va puka okuza kongwatero yawo,
novanavizeze va kwatwa novizeze
okuza momazumo wooina.
4 Owo ve ura nouzuwo tjimuna owozonyoka,
ve setika omatwi wawo tjimuna owesu eworo,
5 ndi ha zuu eraka romuworere wozonyoka,
na ingwi ngu tjiwa okupanguṋuna oviṋa vyoundjai.
6 Ndjambi, ṱukuṱura omayo wovandu
mba movinyo vyawo,
nu teya oviṱaṱunino vyozongeyama
ovindandi, Muhona!
7 Owo ngave zenge tjimuna omeva nga pwire;
nu ngave ṱukuṱurwe tjimuna ehozu mondjira.
8 Ngave kare otja ozongorongondji nḓe
handjuruka okurira enanga;
ngave kare otja okanatje ku ka kwatwa aka koka,
ku ke hi na maake munu ondjerera yeyuva.
9 Owo ngunda ave hiya tjiza,
tjandje va kondwa tjimuna ehozu;
meve isa po ngunda ave nomuinyo.
10 Ovasemba mave nyanda,
tji mave munu ovarunde amave verwa;
Owo mave koho ozombaze zawo
mombinḓu yovanauvi.
11 Ovandu mave tja nai:
“Ovasemba, tjiri, mave munu ondjambi yawo;
tjiri, pena Ndjambi ngu pangura ouye.”
