(By David for the music leader. To the tune “Lilies.”)
God Can Be Trusted
1 Save me, God!
I am about to drown.
2 I am sinking deep in the mud,
and my feet are slipping.
I am about to be swept under
by a mighty flood.
3 I am worn out from crying,
and my throat is dry.
I have waited for you
till my eyes are blurred.
4 There are more people
who hate me for no reason
than there are hairs
on my head.
Many terrible enemies
want to destroy me, God.
Am I supposed to give back
something I didn't steal?
5 You know my foolish sins.
Not one is hidden from you.
6 Lord God All-Powerful,
ruler of Israel,
don't let me embarrass anyone
who trusts and worships you.
7 It is for your sake alone
that I am insulted
and blush with shame.
8 I am like a stranger
to my relatives
and like a foreigner
to my own family.
9 My love for your house
burns in me like a fire,
and when others insult you,
they insulted me as well.
10 I cried and went without food,
but they still insulted me.
11 They sneered at me
for wearing sackcloth
to show my sorrow.
12 Rulers and judges gossip
about me,
and drunkards make up songs
to mock me.
13 But I pray to you, Lord.
So when the time is right,
answer me and help me
with your wonderful love.
14 Don't let me sink in the mud,
but save me from my enemies
and from the deep water.
15 Don't let me be
swept away by a flood
or drowned in the ocean
or swallowed by death.
16 Answer me, Lord!
You are kind and good.
Pay attention to me!
You are truly merciful.
17 Don't turn away from me.
I am your servant,
and I am in trouble.
Please hurry and help!
18 Come and save me
from my enemies.
19 You know how I am insulted,
mocked, and disgraced;
you know every one
of my enemies.
20 I am crushed by insults,
and I feel sick.
I had hoped for mercy and pity,
but there was none.
21 Enemies poisoned my food,
and when I was thirsty,
they gave me vinegar.
22 Make their table a trap
for them and their friends.
23 Blind them with darkness
and make them tremble.
24 Show them how angry you are!
Be furious and catch them.
25 Destroy their camp
and don't let anyone live
in their tents.
26 They cause trouble for people
you have already punished;
their gossip hurts those
you have wounded.
27 Make them guiltier than ever
and don't forgive them.
28 Wipe their names from the book
of the living;
remove them from the list
of the innocent.
29 I am mistreated and in pain.
Protect me, God,
and keep me safe!
30 I will praise the Lord God
with a song
and a thankful heart.
31 This will please the Lord
better than offering an ox
or a full-grown bull.
32 When those in need see this,
they will be happy,
and the Lord's worshipers
will be encouraged.
33 The Lord will listen
when the homeless cry out,
and he will never forget
his people in prison.
34 Heaven and earth
will praise our God,
and so will the oceans
and everything in them.
35 God will rescue Jerusalem,
and he will rebuild
the towns of Judah.
His people will live there
on their own land,
36 and when the time comes,
their children will inherit
the land.
Then everyone who loves God
will also settle there.
Ondjuriro yombatero
Komuimburise otja kOzongara. Epsalme ra David.
1 Ndji yama, Ndjambi,
orondu omeva ye ri pokundjiṋiṋa.
2 Ami me ṱomwine motjinoko otjikoto,
nu kapena ehi ekukutu pume kurama;
mba hiti mourekoto womeva,
nozongazona zeri kombanda yandje.
3 Ami mba urisiwa i okuravaera kwandje,
nomuriu wandje wa kangara,
nomeho wandje maye tetara,
tjinga ambi undja ku Ndjambi wandje.
4 Imba mbe ndji nyengwa uriri
owo ovengi pozondjise zandje motjiuru.
Ovanavita na ami ve kora ovizeze ohunga na ami;
owo ve nomasa, nu ve vanga okundjizepa.
Ve tjita kutja mbi yarure oviṋa,
mbi mbi ha pundire.
5 Ndjambi, ove u tjiwa ouyova wandje,
nouvi wandje kaye na pu ya horekwa kove.
6 O yandjere kutja mbi ṱise imba
mbe riyameka kove ohoṋi,
Muhona Ndjambi Omunamasaaehe!
O yandjere kutja mbi yamburure
imba mbe rikotamena kove,
Ndjambi wa Israel!
7 Orondu ami mba yambururirwa ove,
omurungu wandje wa vandekwa i ohoṋi yandje.
8 Mbi ri otja owozonganda
komarumbi novangu vandje,
notja owambangu kovazamumwe vandje.
9 Orondu orusuvero rwandje
rwokukondjera ondjuwo yoye
rwa seseta omasa wandje,
nomayambururiro wa imba mbe ku yamburura,
ya wira kombanda yandje.
10 Ami mbe risusuparisa omuini
mokuritjaera kovikurya,
novandu ve ndji nyekerera.
11 Ami mba zara otjipiriko,
nowo ve ndji yora.
12 Owo ve ndji hungira momivanda,
nu imba mba ṱomeva wamururu
ve ndji isa po eimburiro ronyekera.
13 Nungwari ami me kumbu kove, Muhona,
moruveze rwotjari tjoye.
Ndji zuvira morusuvero rwoye orunene,
Ndjambi, orondu ove u yenenisa omakwizikiro
woye wokutja mo yama.
14 Ndji yama kutja e ha ṱomwine motjitombo;
ndji yama kovanavita na ami na momeva omakoto.
15 Omupupo au ya ko kombanda yandje,
nomeva wawo omakoto aye ndji ṋiṋa,
nondjombo ai ndji setike ko.
16 Ndji zuvira, Muhona, mouwa
worusuvero rwoye orukarerere;
nu tara ku ami otja kounyaṋutima woye ounene!
17 O horeke ko omurungu woye komukarere woye,
orondu ami mbi ri mombamisiro;
hakahana okundjizuvira.
18 Indjo popezu na ami u ndji yame;
ndji yeura kovanavita na ami.
19 Ove mo tjiwa omayambururiro
nohoṋi nomanyekererero wandje;
ovendjitatumise avehe ve ri komurungu woye.
20 Omanyekererero ya nyainya omutima wandje,
nami otji mbe rihahiza;
ami mba undja kutja pe nomundu
ngu me ndji ṱire ondjenda,
nungwari kapa ri umwe;
nokutja pena ngu me ndji huhumiṋa,
nungwari hi mwine nangarire umwe.
21 Tji mba ṱondjara, owo ve ndji pa ouanga;
nu tji mba ṱonyota,
ve ndji pa omeva omayake.
22 Omikandi vyawo ngavi rire ondjandero yawo,
nomariro wawo omazere ngaye rire omawiro wawo.
23 Poṱuparisa omeho wawo, kutja ave ha munu,
nu ngundiparisa omatambo wawo aruhe.
24 Ve pindikira nu u ve vere momazenge woye;
nomayakero womazenge woye ngaye ve sesete.
25 Ozondanda zawo ngaze rire omatundu;
nomaturiro wawo ngaye sewe tjo.
26 Orondu owo ve tatumisa ingwi ove ngu wa vera,
nu ve serekarera omihihamo
vyaimba mbu wa tanda.
27 Ṱiza ouvi wawo auhe;
nu ove tjiti kutja ve mune ondjamo yoye.
28 Omana wawo ngaye zemisiwe
membo rovanamuinyo;
nu ave tjangwa ko puna ovasemba.
29 Nungwari ami mba ningisa
ondjenda nu mba hihamwa;
ndji yera, Ndjambi, nu u ndji yame!
30 Ami me tanga Ndjambi neimburiro;
me hivirike ounene we ame mu tjere okuhepa.
31 Ihi matji yandja onyuṋe ku Muhona,
komeho yokumupunguhira ondwezu
yongombe ndje kura.
32 Ovaṋiṋikiziwa tji mave munu otjiṋa hi,
mave yoroka;
nu imba mbe rikotamena ku Ndjambi,
mave yanḓiparisiwa.
33 Orondu Muhona u puratena
ku imba mbe nouhepe,
nu ka zembi imba mbe ri motjovakamburwa.
34 Eyuru nehi ngavi tange Ndjambi,
nomevakokuvare wina na atjihe tji
tji nyinganyinga mu wo.
35 Orondu Ndjambi ma yama Jerusalem
na tungurura ovihuro vya Juda.
Otjiwaṋa tje matji tura mu vyo
natji kambura ehi ri rire ouini watjo;
36 nozondekurona zovakarere ve maze rumata ro,
nu imba mba suvera ena re,
mave tura mu ro.
