God's Complete Knowledge and Care
1 Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
2 You know everything I do;
from far away you understand all my thoughts.
3 You see me, whether I am working or resting;
you know all my actions.
4 Even before I speak,
you already know what I will say.
5 You are all around me on every side;
you protect me with your power.
6 Your knowledge of me is too deep;
it is beyond my understanding.
7 Where could I go to escape from you?
Where could I get away from your presence?
8 If I went up to heaven, you would be there;
if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.
9 If I flew away beyond the east
or lived in the farthest place in the west,
10 you would be there to lead me,
you would be there to help me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
or the light around me to turn into night,
12 but even darkness is not dark for you,
and the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
13 You created every part of me;
you put me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because you are to be feared;
all you do is strange and wonderful.
I know it with all my heart.
15 When my bones were being formed,
carefully put together in my mother's womb,
when I was growing there in secret,
you knew that I was there—
16 you saw me before I was born.
The days allotted to me
had all been recorded in your book,
before any of them ever began.
17 O God, how difficult I find your thoughts;
how many of them there are!
18 If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you.
19 O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked!
How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
20 They say wicked things about you;
they speak evil things against your name.
21 O Lord, how I hate those who hate you!
How I despise those who rebel against you!
22 I hate them with a total hatred;
I regard them as my enemies.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my mind;
test me, and discover my thoughts.
24 Find out if there is any evil in me
and guide me in the everlasting way.
Ndjambi u tjiwa avihe
Komuimburise. Epsalme ra David.
1 Muhona, ove we ndji
konḓonona nu we ndji tjiwa.
2 Ove u tjiwa ohaameno nosekameno yandje;
u tjiwa ourizemburuka wandje,
ngunda ambi hiye ripura na wo.
3 U muna okuungura nokusuva kwandje,
u tjiwa ovitjitwa vyandje avihe.
4 Andarire ngunda ambi
hiya nyamukura, Muhona,
ove tjandje wa tjiwa rukuru mbi me vanga okuhungira.
5 Ove we ndji kondoroka ominda avihe,
nu we ndji isa po owoye.
6 Okundjitjiwa kwoye kwe ndji
himisa tjinene,
oko kwa kapita ondjiviro yandje.
7 Me henene ku tjiṋe okuza po pove,
me taurire ku tjiṋe kutja o he ndji munu?
8 Nande rondo keyuru ove tjandje oku u ri;
nande kaṱara motjovakoke
ove tjandje omu u ri wina.
9 Nande tuka okuyenda komuhuka,
poo nande katura kokure
komukuma wokongurova,
10 wina ove mo kendjivaza koṋa ngo,
neke roye rokunene mari ndji ṱiza.
11 Nande hungire konḓorera kutja i ndji undike,
poo kondjerera ndje ndji
kondoroka kutja i rire ouṱuku,
12 onḓorera kove oyo kanḓorera,
nouṱuku u yera tjimuna omutenya,
onḓorera kove i ri otja ondjerera.
13 Ove we ndji uta nouṋepo wandje auhe,
no u twa kumwe mezumo ra mama.
14 Ami me ku tanga, tjinga awe ndji
uta komuhingo omukumise.
Oviungura vyoye avihe ovyo ovihimise ku ami.
Ihi me tji tjiwa nawa tjinene.
15 Kape neṱupa randje nu ra horekwa kove,
indu tji mba zezengwa mongumumu,
nouṋepo wandje tji wa tuwa
kumwe mezumo ra mama.
16 Ove tji we ndji muna tjandje hiya kwatwa;
omayuva aehe womuinyo
wandje ya tjangwa membo roye,
owo ngunda aye hiya utwa.
17 Omeripura woye, Ndjambi, tjiri,
owo omahimise ku ami; owo,
tjiri, omengi tjinene okuvarwa!
18 Ami andakuzu mbe ye vara,
atja ye rira omengi peheke.
Tji mba penduka,
ove tjandje ingee u ri pu ami.
19 Andakuzu ove, Ndjambi,
mo yandeke ovanauvi!
Andakuzu ovatjite voutwe mave
humburuka kokure na ami!
20 Owo ve hungirira ove oviṋa vyourunde;
nu ve yamburura ena roye.
21 Hi tondere are imba mbe ku tonda Muhona;
nu hi nyengerwe are
imba mbe ku pirukira?
22 Ami mbi ve nyengwa
nonyengo onene tjinene,
nu mbi ve vara otja ovanavita na ami.
23 Ndji konḓonona, Ndjambi, nu u
tjiwe omutima wandje; ndji rora,
nu u tjiwe omeripura wandje!
24 Ndji tjevera kutja e ha twara ondjira yoposyo,
nu ndji hongorera mondjira,
ndji karerera nga aruhe.
