(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.
Eindilo lomufininikwa
Eindilo laDavid.
1 Omwene, endeka okutwi kwoye, u ude nge,
osheshi aame epongo nohepele!
2 Diinina omwenyo wange;
osheshi aame omuyuki;
Kalunga kange, xupifa omupiya woye,
ou te ku lineekele!
3 Omwene, file nge onghenda,
osheshi efiku alishe ohandi ku ifana.
4 Hafifa omwenyo womupiya woye;
osheshi omwenyo wange
ohandi u yelulile kwoove, Omwene.
5 Osheshi Omwene, Ove u nonghedi iwa,
u yadi ekufilo,
Ove u nolukeno naava have ku ifana.
6 Omwene, uda eindilo lange,
yavelela eilikano lange lomokule!
7 Fiku handi hangika koudjuu, ohandi ku ifana,
osheshi Ove ho udu nge.
8 Omwene, moikalunga kamu na umwe e ku fa,
nopehe na eshi sha fa oilonga yoye.
9 Oiwana aishe yovapaani, ngaashi we i shita,
otai ke uya i linyongamene
koshipala shoye, Omwene,
nai fimaneke edina loye;
10 osheshi Oove omunene nomulongi woikumwifa,
Oove auke Kalunga.
11 Omwene, ulikile nge ondjila yoye,
ame ndi ende moshili yoye,
omutima wange u mangeleka mokutila edina loye.
12 Omwene, Kalunga kange,
onda hala oku ku tanga nomutima aushe
nokufimaneka edina loye fiyo alushe.
13 Osheshi ouwanghenda woye
we u ningila nge, ounene;
Ove wa xupifa omwenyo wange moshovafi.
14 Kalunga, ovalundakani ova fikamena nge
netanga lovakolokoshi otali nangele omwenyo wange,
noihave ku tula moipafi yavo.
15 Ndelenee Omwene, Oove omunalukeno
omunanghenda, nomunanheni,
omunene mouwanghenda nomoshili.
16 Talele nge u file nge onghenda;
pa omupiya woye eenghono doye,
Ove u xupife nge, aame omona omumati
womupiya woye okakadona.
17 Tule nge oshidimbulukifo shouwa,
ovatondi vange ve shi mone, nova fifwe ohoni,
nokutya Omwene, Oove ekwafo lange
nehekeleko lange.
