God the Protector of His People
1 What if the Lord had not been on our side?
Answer, O Israel!
2 “If the Lord had not been on our side
when our enemies attacked us,
3 then they would have swallowed us alive
in their furious anger against us;
4 then the flood would have carried us away,
the water would have covered us,
5 the raging torrent would have drowned us.”
6 Let us thank the Lord,
who has not let our enemies destroy us.
7 We have escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap;
the trap is broken, and we are free!
8 Our help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Ndjambi eye omuvatere wotjiwaṋa tje
Epsalme ra David.
1 Atja pe kara vi, andakuzu
Muhona kari munda wetu?
Zira, tjiwaṋa tja Israel!
2 “Andakuzu Muhona kari munda wetu,
ovanavita na eṱe tji ve tu rwisa,
3 owo atjave tu ṋiṋa nomuinyo,
tji va ṱomazenge tjinene na eṱe;
4 omipupo atja vi tu twara,
nomeva atja ye tu vandeka;
5 omeva omanamasa atja ye tu ṋiṋa.”
6 Muhona nga tangwe,
ngu he tu yandjere kovanavita na
eṱe kutja ve tu yandeke.
7 Eṱe twa poṋa tjimuna onḓera
mongwehe yomuyeve;
ongwehe ya patuka, neṱe atu kutuka.
8 Ombatero yetu i za ku Muhona
ngwa utire eyuru nehi.
