(A song and a psalm by the clan of Korah for the music leader. To the tune “Mahalath Leannoth.” A special psalm by Heman the Ezrahite.)
A Prayer When You Can't Find the Way
1 You keep me safe, Lord God.
So when I pray at night,
2 please listen carefully
to each of my concerns.
3 I am deeply troubled
and close to death;
4 I am as good as dead
and completely helpless.
5 I am no better off
than those in the grave,
those you have forgotten
and no longer help.
6 You have put me in the deepest
and darkest grave;
7 your anger rolls over me
like ocean waves.
8 You have made my friends turn
in horror from me.
I am a prisoner
who cannot escape,
9 and I am almost blind
because of my sorrow.
Each day I lift my hands
in prayer to you, Lord.
10 Do you work miracles
for the dead?
Do they stand up
and praise you?
11 Are your love and loyalty
announced in the world
of the dead?
12 Do they know of your miracles
or your saving power
in the dark world below
where all is forgotten?
13 Each morning I pray
to you, Lord.
14 Why do you reject me?
Why do you turn from me?
15 Ever since I was a child,
I have been sick
and close to death.
You have terrified me
and made me helpless.
16 Your anger is like a flood!
And I am shattered
by your furious attacks
17 that strike each day
and from every side.
18 My friends and neighbors
have turned against me
because of you,
and now darkness
is my only companion.
Okupula ekwatho
Episalomi lyezimo lyaKora; Eimbilo. Oshitewo shaHeman omuesrahi
1 Omuwa Kalunga, omuhupithi gwandje,
otandi lili esiku kehe,
nuusiku wo otandi ya kungoye.
2 Uva egalikano lyandje;
pulakena, sho tandi ku kugile ekwatho!
3 Omaudhigu ogendji oga gwile ndje;
ondi li popepi nokusa.
4 Eso olye eta ndje mo,
nokaku na ngo ta kwatha.
5 Onda yalulilwa mokati kaasi,
ongaashi aadhipagwa ya lala momayendo,
mbo itaaya dhimbulukiwa we
noitaa mono we ekwatho lyoye.
6 Owu umbile ndje muule wombila,
momilema dholumbogo oluleeleka.
7 Ongeyo yoye oya dhigupalela ndje,
oya hwamena ndje ya fa omulilo.
8 Owe etha ookuume kandje ya thige ndje po;
onda ningi oshikungitha kuyo.
Onde edhililwa mo noite vulu okuya ontuku.
9 Omeho gandje oga nama kuudhigu.
Omuwa, ohandi ku ithana esiku kehe
nohandi ku yeluthile omaako gandje megalikano.
10 Aasi oho ya longele tuu iikumitha?
Itaa yumuka ando e taye ku hambelele?
11 Esilohenda lyoye ohali tumbulwa tuu mombila,
nenge mehala lyehanagulo
ohamu popiwa tuu uudhiginini woye?
12 Iikumithalonga yoye ohayi monika tuu mehala lyomilema,
nenge uuwanawa woye otau tseyika tuu
moshilongo shaambo ya dhimbiwa?
13 Omuwa, otandi ku indile ekwatho;
ongula kehe otandi ku galikana.
14 Omuwa, omolwashike to ekelehi ndje?
Omolwashike to etha ndje?
15 Onda kala muudhigu okuza muugundjuka wandje
nonda kala popepi neso.
Onda pwa po molwokukala megeelo lyoye.
16 Ongeyo yoye otayi taukile ndje;
omaponokelo goye omadhigu otaga nyanyula ndje.
17 Esiku kehe mbika ayihe oya dhingoloka ndje
ngaashi efundja tali zi koombinga adhihe.
18 Owa pitika nookuume kandjelela ye ethe ndje;
omilema adhike ndi li nadho.
