(For the music leader. To the tune “A Silent Dove in the Distance.” A special psalm by David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.)
A Prayer of Trust in God
1 Have pity, God Most High!
My enemies chase me all day.
2 Many of them are pursuing
and attacking me,
3 but even when I am afraid,
I keep on trusting you.
4 I praise your promises!
I trust you and am not afraid.
No one can harm me.
5 Enemies spend the whole day
finding fault with me;
all they think about
is how to do me harm.
6 They attack from ambush,
watching my every step
and hoping to kill me.
7 They won't get away
with these crimes, God,
because when you get angry,
you destroy people.
8 You have kept record
of my days of wandering.
You have stored my tears
in your bottle
and counted each of them.
9 When I pray, Lord God,
my enemies will retreat,
because I know for certain
that you are with me.
10 I praise your promises!
11 I trust you and am not afraid.
No one can harm me.
12 I will keep my promises
to you, my God,
and bring you gifts.
13 You protected me from death
and kept me from stumbling,
so that I would please you
and follow the light
that leads to life.
Eilikano molwetewatewo
Eimbilo laDavid, la pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo oku li imba mongovela yeimbilo eli ‘Onghuti yomomiti dokokule’; kefimbo eli a kwatelwe kOvafilisti muGat.
1 Kalunga, file nge onghenda,
osheshi ovanhu otava fulile nge meemhanda,
ovakwaita alushe otava fininike nge.
2 Ovatondi vange itava fuda okufulila nge meemhanda;
osheshi vahapu ve li po mokulitumba kwavo
otava ningile nge ondubo.
3 Efiku eli handi tilifwa,
Ove handi lineekele nokuli.
4 Kalunga ota tangifa nge ondjovo yaye;
ohandi lineekele Kalunga, itandi tila nande.
Ovanhu otava ningi nge shike!
5 Alushe otava hetekele okweendameka eendjovo dange;
omadiladilo avo aeshe otava diladilile nge owii.
6 Otava shivafana, va hondjaunine nge,
va nangele eenghatu dange,
osheshi va hala omwenyo wange.
7 Mowii wavo aushe otava ka xupifwa tuu?
Kalunga, mehandu loye undula po oiwana yoilongo!
8 Omafiku ange omupya, Ove we a vala,
omahodi ange, we a pimhila moshimbudju shoye,
heeno, shili, owe a nyolela membo loye.
9 Hano mokwiifana kwange Kalunga,
opo tuu ovatondi vange tava shuna monima.
Ondi shi shii shili:
Kalunga okwa ama kwaame.
10 Kalunga ou ta kwafa nge okufimaneka eendjovo daye,
Omwene ou ta kwafa nge okufimaneka eendjovo daye,
11 Oye handi mu lineekele ndele ihandi tila.
Ovanhu otava ningi nge shike!
12 Kalunga, ndi na eudaneko oku ku wanifila.
Onda hala ndi ku etele eyambo lehambelelo.
13 Osheshi Ove wa xupifa omwenyo wange mefyo,
neemhadi dange mokupunduka,
ame ndi ende koshipala shaKalunga
omouyelele wovanamwenyo.
