(For the music leader. To the tune “Lily of the Promise.” A special psalm by David for teaching. He wrote it during his wars with the Arameans of northern Syria, when Joab came back and killed twelve thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.)
You Can Depend on God
1 You, God, are angry with us!
We are rejected and crushed.
Make us strong again!
2 You made the earth shake
and split wide open;
now heal its wounds
and stop its trembling.
3 You brought hard times
on your people,
and you gave us wine
that made us stagger.
4 You gave a signal to those
who worship you,
so they could escape
from enemy arrows.
5 Answer our prayers, God!
Use your powerful arm
and give us victory.
Then the people you love
will be safe.
6 Our God, you solemnly promised,
“I would gladly divide up
the city of Shechem
and give away Succoth Valley
piece by piece.
7 The lands of Gilead
and Manasseh are mine.
Ephraim is my war helmet,
and Judah is the symbol
of my royal power.
8 Moab is merely my washbasin.
Edom belongs to me,
and I shout in triumph
over the Philistines.”
9 Our God, who will bring me
to the fortress,
or lead me to Edom?
10 Have you rejected us
and deserted our armies?
11 Help us defeat our enemies!
No one else can rescue us.
12 You will give us victory
and crush our enemies.
Ores di ǀgores
ǁNaeǃnans ǂgaeǂgui-aob ǃoa. Susan Eduts ǃoa. Davidi ǀgaipetsanas; Rama-naharimmi tsî Arama-sobab hâkha ǀkhab ge ǂnoagu, tsî Joab ge oahās âb ǃnâ disiǀgamǀaǀoadisina Edommi ǃnâ, ǂŌxaǃgoaǃnāb ǃnâ ǃgamo, hō ǁguiǂams.
1 Elotse sats ge sida ge ǂhara
sats ge sida ge ǀkhauǃā;
sats ge sida ǀkha ge ǁaixa
xawe nēsi ǂgauǂgau da re.
2 Sats ge ǃhūba ge ǂgubi kai
ǁîbats ge ge ǂariǃā kai.
ǁÎb di khôa hâ ǃkhaide ǂgauǂgau re
ǀkhū ra xuige.
3 Sa khoenats ge ǃgomma ge tsâ kai
tsîts ge ǁnākeǁgapi kai da ra ǂauxûi-e ge ā kai da.
4 ǁNān satsa ra ǃaoǃgânats ge ǃkhau-e ge mâiba
khāsa xun nî ǁhâse.
5 Sa ǁkhāsiba xu sâu da re, î sida ǀgoresa ǁnâu-am re.
ǁNān satsa ǀnamn nî orehese. 6 Elob ge ǃanusib âb ǃnâ ge ǃhoa:
“Tita ge nî dâ;
Sexemsa ta ge ǀgora
tsî Sukotǃgoaǃnāba nî ǀnōtoa;
7 Gileads ge a ti,
Manaseb ge a ti.
Efraimma ti danas di toroǀgapa
tsîb ge Judaba a ti gaohai.
8 Moab ge a ti ǁāǃnâǃore;
Edommi ai ta ge ti ǀkhapusa ra ao
Filistiab ǂama ta ge ra dâ.”
9 Tari-e omǂnamisa ǃās tawa nî sī-ū te?
Tari-e tita Edoms ǃoa nî ǂgaeǂgui?
10 Elotse, sa tamatsa kha sida ge ǂharatsa
tsî sida toroǂnubidi ǀkha ǃgûǂoa tamatsa?
11 Sida khākhoena da nî mâǃoa-ū ǁkhā ǀgaiba mā da re
khoesib di huib a harebeoǃnâ xuige.
12 Elob ǀgaib ǀkha da ge nî dan
tsîb ge ǁîba sada khākhoena nî hîkākā.
