(A song and a psalm by David.)
With God on Our Side
1 Our God, I am faithful to you
with all my heart,
and you can trust me.
I will sing
and play music for you
with all that I am.
2 I will start playing my harps
before the sun rises.
3 I will praise you, Lord,
for everyone to hear;
I will sing hymns to you
in every nation.
4 Your love reaches higher
than the heavens,
and your loyalty extends
beyond the clouds.
5 Our God, may you be honored
above the heavens;
may your glory be seen
everywhere on earth.
6 Answer my prayers
and use your powerful arm
to give us victory.
Then the people you love
will be safe.
7 Our God, from your holy place
you made this promise:
“I will gladly divide up
the city of Shechem
and give away Succoth Valley
piece by piece.
8 The lands of Gilead
and Manasseh are mine.
Ephraim is my war helmet,
and Judah is my symbol
of royal power.
9 Moab is merely my washbasin,
and Edom belongs to me.
I shout with victory
over the Philistines.”
10 Our God, who will bring me
to the fortress
or lead me to Edom?
11 Have you rejected us?
You don't lead our armies.
12 Help us defeat our enemies!
No one else can rescue us.
13 Only you give us victory
and crush our enemies.
Khākhoen ǃoagu hâ huib ǃaroma hâ ǀgores
Davidi Psalms
ǁNaetsanas
(Psalms 57:7-1160:5-12)1 Ti ǂgaob ge ǂhomisen hâ Elotse,
ti ǂgaob ge a ǁaposa.
ǁNae ta ge nî,
satsa ta ge nî koaǁnaeba.
2 ǂKhai re ti ǀomse;
ǂkhai re harps tsî ǀkhōxūse.
ǃNauǁgoagasa ta ge ra ǂkhaiǂkhai ǂgao.
3 ǁAedi ǁaegu ta ge ra gangan tsi ǂgao,
khoen ǁaegu ta ge ra koaǁnaeba tsi ǂgao ǃKhūtse.
4 ǀHommi kōseb ge sa hâhâ ra ǀnamma a kai,
ǂgomǂgomsasib âts ge ǃâudi kōse ra sī.
5 ǀHomgu ǂamai ǀgapiǀgapihe re Elotse
ab sa ǂkhaisiba hoaraga ǃhūbaib ai hâ re.
6 Sa ǁkhāsiba xu sâu da re,
î ti ǀgoresa ǁnâu-am re;
ǁnān satsa ǀnamn nî orehese.
7 Sa amǀkhāb ǁôab ǀkha ore te re,
sa ǀnamsaben nî sâuhese.
8 Elob ge ǃanusib âb ǃnâ ge ǃhoa:
“Tita ge nî dâ
Sexemsa ta ge nî ǀgoraǂgā
tsî Sukotǃgoaǃnāba nî ǀnōtoa.
9 Gileadi ge a ti,
Manaseb ge a ti,
tsî Efraimmi ge a ti danas di toroǀgapa,
tsî Judab ge a ti gaohai.
10 Moab ge a ti ǁāsenǃnâǃore;
Edommi ǂamai ta ge ti ǀkhapusa ra ao,
Filistiab ǂama ta ge ra dâ.”
11 Tari-e ǁaposa ǃās tawa nî sī-ū te?
Tari-e tita Edoms ǃoa nî ǂgaeǂgui?
12 Elotse, sa tamatsa kha sida ge ǂharatsa
tsî sida toroǂnubidi ǁaegu ge ǃgûǂoatsa?
13 Sida khākhoena da nî mâǃoa-ū ǁkhā ǀgaiba mā da re
khoesib di huib a harebeoǃnâ xuige.
14 Elob ǀgaib ǀkha da ge nî dan
tsîb ge ǁîba sada khākhoena nî hîkākā.
