(A prayer by David.)
A Prayer for Help
1 Please listen, Lord,
and answer my prayer!
I am poor and helpless.
2 Protect me and save me
because you are my God.
I am your faithful servant,
and I trust you.
3 Be kind to me!
I pray to you all day.
4 Make my heart glad!
I serve you,
and my prayer is sincere.
5 You willingly forgive,
and your love is always there
for those who pray to you.
6 Please listen, Lord!
Answer my prayer for help.
7 When I am in trouble, I pray,
knowing you will listen.
8 No other gods are like you;
only you work miracles.
9 You created each nation,
and they will all bow down
to worship and honor you.
10 You perform great wonders
because you alone are God.
11 Teach me to follow you,
and I will obey your truth.
Always keep me faithful.
12 With all my heart I thank you.
I praise you, Lord God.
13 Your love for me is so great
that you protected me
from death and the grave.
14 Proud and violent enemies,
who don't care about you,
have ganged up to attack
and kill me.
15 But you, the Lord God,
are kind and merciful.
You don't easily get angry,
and your love
can always be trusted.
16 I serve you, Lord,
and I am the child
of one of your servants.
Look on me with kindness.
Make me strong and save me.
17 Show that you approve of me!
Then my hateful enemies
will feel like fools,
because you have helped
and comforted me.
Ongumbiro yombatero
Ongumbiro ya David.
1 Puratena ku ami, Muhona,
nu ndji zuvira tjinga ambi
ri omunandjenda nomusyona.
2 Yama omuinyo wandje konḓiro,
orondu owami owoye.
Oove Ndjambi wandje;
vatera omukarere
woye ngu riyameka kove.
3 Tjariparera ami, Muhona,
tjinga ame ku kove eyuva arihe.
4 Yorokisa omukarere woye, Muhona,
orondu ozongumbiro zandje maze rondo kove.
5 Muhona, oove omuwa, nu u isira;
Ove u nounyaṋutima ouingi ku
avehe mbe kumba kove.
6 Puratena kongumbiro yandje, Muhona,
nu zuva keraka romerihekeneno wandje.
7 Meyuva rombamisiro yandje me ku kove,
orondu ove mo ndji zuvire.
8 Kape na mukuru, ngu ri otja ove, Muhona;
nu kape noviungura,
mbi sasanekwa na imbi ovyoye.
9 Oviwaṋa avihe mbi wa uta,
mavi ya okurikotamena kove, Muhona;
nu mavi eta ondatero kena roye.
10 Oove, omunene, nu u tjita ovihimise,
oove erike ngu u ri Ndjambi.
11 Muhona, ndji honga imbi mbi
movanga kutja mbi tjite,
nu ami me kara nonḓuviro kove.
Ndji pa omutima mbu ha ivaiva
kutja mbi kare nondira kove.
12 Me ku tanga nomutima wandje auhe,
Muhona, Ndjambi wandje,
nu me yozike ena roye nga aruhe.
13 Orusuvero rwoye, tjiri, orwo orunene ku ami;
Ove we ndji yama mourekoto wotjovakoke.
14 Ndjambi, ovandu ovirangaranga
ve ndji sekamene;
notjira tjovatjite voutwe matji
kondjo okundjizepa,
imba ovandu mbe hi na ko na tja na ove.
15 Nungwari ove, Muhona,
oove Ndjambi wotjari nowounyaṋutima;
u nomuretima nondjingonekero
onene nouṱakame.
16 Tanauka ku ami nu u ndji tjariparere;
yandja omasa woye komukarere woye,
nu u yame omuzandu
womukarere woye omusuko.
17 Ndji pa otjiraisiro tjouwa woye, Muhona;
imba mbe ndji tonda mave
tji munu nave ṱohoṋi,
ove tjinga awe ndji vatera
nawe ndji huhumiṋa.
