(A psalm by David for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
God Is Powerful and Kind
1 Only God can save me,
and I calmly wait for him.
2 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe
and the fortress
where I am secure.
3 I feel like a shaky fence
or a sagging wall.
How long will all of you
attack and assault me?
4 You want to bring me down
from my place of honor.
You love to tell lies,
and when your words are kind,
hatred hides in your heart.
5 Only God gives inward peace,
and I depend on him.
6 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe,
and he is the fortress
where I feel secure.
7 God saves me and honors me.
He is that mighty rock
where I find safety.
8 Trust God, my friends,
and always tell him
each of your concerns.
God is our place of safety.
9 We humans are only a breath;
none of us are truly great.
All of us together weigh less
than a puff of air.
10 Don't trust in violence
or depend on dishonesty
or rely on great wealth.
11 I heard God say two things:
“I am powerful,
12 and I am very kind.”
The Lord rewards each of us
according to what we do.
Onḓakameno mondjamo ya Ndjambi
Komuimburise Jedutun. Epsalme ra David.
1 Mu Ndjambi erike omuinyo
wandje omu u muna orusuvo;
nombatero yandje i za mu ye.
2 Eye porwe oruuwa rwandje
nombwiro yandje notjiṱunga tjandje,
hi nokuṱeputi tjinene.
3 Eṋe amuhe mamu vanga okurwisa
omundu umwe nai nga ruṋe,
ngu he ri omunamasa porumbo
ndwa teka nu ndu ri pokuwa?
4 Eṋe mu vanga okumuwisira pehi
uriri okuza poṋa pe pondjozikiro;
mu nonyuṋe movizeze;
mu hungira omambo wondaya,
nungwari momitima vyeṋu tjandje
mamu mu sengi.
5 Tjiri, mu Ndjambi erike
omuinyo omu u muna orusuvo;
omaundjiro wandje ye za mu ye.
6 Eye porwe oruuwa rwandje
nombwiro yandje notjiṱunga tjandje,
hi nokuṱeputi tjinene.
7 Ombatero nondatero yandje i ri mu Ndjambi;
nu mu Ndjambi wina mu
noruuwa rwomasa wandje,
nomaundiro wandje.
8 Riyamekeye ku Ndjambi omayuva aehe,
oweṋe tjiwaṋa tjandje;
Mu raereye omaumba weṋu aehe!
Ndjambi eye omaundiro wetu.
9 Ovandu avehe ve ri
tjimuna osuvaneno yomuinyo;
ovanene nouṱiṱi owo omungandjo porwe.
Tji we ve twa kotjisaneke, owo
kave nondjinda,
owo ovapupu posuvaneno yomuinyo.
10 Amu riyameke kozondjito zoutwe,
nu amu vanga okumuna
oviṋa mokupunda ovandu:
Outumbe weṋu nandi wa takavarere ko,
amu riyameke ku wo.
11 Ndjambi wa hungira embo rimwe,
nami mbe ri zuva tuvari,
kutja omasa aehe owa Ndjambi,
12 nokutja otjari tje otjo otjikarerere.
Ove omuini, Muhona,
u yandja ondjambi ku auhe otja
koviungura vye.
