(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.
Egalikano li na einekelo
Episalomi lyaDavid, konima yAafilisti sho ye mu kwata muGat
1 Kalunga, sila ndje ohenda,
oshoka onda langelwa;
aatondi yandje otaa tidhagana ndje ethimbo alihe.
2 Okuza ongula sigo okomatango
aakondjithi yandje otaa matukile ndje.
Oyendji mboka taa kondjitha ndje.
3 Uuna nda tila, onde ku inekela,
Omuwa Omunankondoawike.
4 Ondi inekela Kalunga noite tila;
otandi mu simanekele omauvaneko ge.
Omuntu ota ningi ndje shike?
5 Aatondi yandje otaa hindi ndje esiku alihe;
aluhe otaa uvanene okuningila ndje uuwinayi.
6 Otaa gongala e taa langele ndje.
Otaa tala shoka te longo,
opo ya dhipage ndje.
7 Kalunga, ya geelela uukolokoshi wawo;
sinda aantu mboka nondjahi yoye!
8 Owa tseya, nkene ndi na uudhigu;
omahodhi gandje owe ga pungula.
Inaga nyolelwa nani membo lyoye?
9 Esiku tandi ku ithana,
aatondi yandje otaa shuna lwaanima.
Ondi shi shi: Kalunga okwa gama kungame —
10 Omuwa ngoka tandi mu pandulile omauvaneko ge.
11 Onde mu inekela noite tila.
Omuntu ota ningi ndje shike?
12 Kalunga, otandi ku pe shoka nde shi uvaneke;
otandi ku pe omayambo gomapandulo,
13 Oshoka owa hupitha ndje meso
nowa gamene ndje, ndaa sindike.
Nena otandi ende koshipala shaKalunga,
omuuyelele waanamwenyo.
