A Prayer for Protection
1 Save me, Lord, from evildoers;
keep me safe from violent people.
2 They are always plotting evil,
always stirring up quarrels.
3 Their tongues are like deadly snakes;
their words are like a cobra's poison.

4 Protect me, Lord, from the power of the wicked;
keep me safe from violent people
who plot my downfall.
5 The proud have set a trap for me;
they have laid their snares,
and along the path they have set traps to catch me.

6 I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Hear my cry for help, Lord!
7 My Sovereign Lord, my strong defender,
you have protected me in battle.
8 Lord, don't give the wicked what they want;
don't let their plots succeed.

9 Don't let my enemies be victorious;
make their threats against me fall back on them.
10 May red-hot coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into a pit and never get out.
11 May those who accuse others falsely not succeed;
may evil overtake violent people and destroy them.

12 Lord, I know that you defend the cause of the poor
and the rights of the needy.
13 The righteous will praise you indeed;
they will live in your presence.
Ongumbiro yokuyamwa
Komuimburise. Epsalme ra David.
1 Ndji yama kovanauvi, Muhona,
nu u ndji tjevere kovatjite voutwe.
2 Owo aruhe ve ripura okutjita ouvi,
nu eyuva arihe ve pendura oviposa.
3 Omaraka wawo ye nouzuwo
tjimuna owozonyoka,
omambo wawo ye ri tjimuna ouzuwo wesu.

4 Ndji yama kutja e ha wire
momake wovanauvi, Muhona;
nu ndji tjevera kovatjite voutwe
mbe rizemburuka okundjiputarisa.
5 Overitongamise ve ndji twira po ozombate,
owo ve ndji yarera
ozongwehe okundjikambura,
nu va pata otjitenda mondjira yandje.
6 Ami me tja nai ku Muhona:
“Oove Ndjambi wandje.”
Muhona, zuva eraka
romeriyarikaṋeno wandje!
7 Muhona, Ndjambi wandje,
oove ngu u ri omuvatere wandje omunamasa;
mo ndji yama motjirwa.
8 Muhona, o yandjere ovanauvi
okutjita ombango yawo;
o yandjere kutja omeripura wawo ye toṋe.

9 O yandjere ovanavita na ami kutja
ve ndji havere; omatandero wawo
ku ami ngaye yaruke mu wo oveni.
10 Omakara omapyu ngaye wire
kombanda yawo;
ve wisira motjitoto tjomunoko kutja
ave ha piti mu tjo rukwao.
11 Imba mbe kuminina ovakwao,
ave kara ko mehi;
oumba aruhe ngau ye kovatjite voutwe.

12 Ami me tjiwa kutja Muhona u
karera kovanandjenda motjiposa tjawo
novasyona mombanguriro yawo.
13 Tjiri, imba ovasemba mave tanga ena roye;
owo mave tura momurungu woye.