(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.
Okwiindila emangululo
Episalomi lyaDavid lyokulonga konima sho a kondjo naAramin oku za kuNaharaim sigo okuZoba, ihe Joab okwa galuka e ta dhipaga Aaedomi 12 000 mehalandjandja lyaSalt
1 Kalunga, owe tu ekelehi nowe tu halakanitha po;
owe tu geele, ihe ngashingeyi tu sila ohenda ishewe.
2 Owa kakamitha evi, nowe li tendeke omusa;
ngashingeyi hondja omisa dhalyo, oshoka otali tatuka.
3 Aantu yoye owe ya tsike uudhigu uunene;
otwa tantala ongaantu ya kolwa.
4 Mboka haa ku tila owe ya londodha,
opo ya ye epangulo ontuku.
5 Tu hupitha noonkondo dhoye;
zimina eindilo lyetu,
aaholike yoye opo ya hupithwe.
6 Kalunga okwa popi e li muuyapuki we:
“Mesindano otandi tende Shekem
nolusilu lwaSukkot otandi lu topolele aantu yandje.
7 Gilead oshandje, naManasse osho tuu;
Efraim oye egala lyandje lyosheela,
naJuda oye ondhimbo yandje yuukwaniilwa.
8 Moab osho oshiyaha shandje shokwiiyogela
notandi ka umbila Edom oongaku dhandje,
okuholola kutya ongame mwene gwasho.
Aafilisti, inamu nyanyukilwa edhiladhilo ndyoka
kutya omwa sinda ndje.”
9 Kalunga,
olye ta fala ndje moshilando sha kola?
Olye ta thindikile ndje kuEdom?
10 Owe tu ekelahi nani?
To ka enda tuu pamwe nomatangakwiita getu?
11 Tu kwatha mokukondjitha aatondi yetu.
Ekwatho lyomuntu kali na shilonga.
12 Pamwe naKalunga otatu ka sindana;
otatu ka sinda aatondi yetu.
