A Prayer of Thanksgiving
1 I praise you, Lord, because you have saved me
and kept my enemies from gloating over me.
2 I cried to you for help, O Lord my God,
and you healed me;
3 you kept me from the grave.
I was on my way to the depths below,
but you restored my life.
4 Sing praise to the Lord,
all his faithful people!
Remember what the Holy One has done,
and give him thanks!
5 His anger lasts only a moment,
his goodness for a lifetime.
Tears may flow in the night,
but joy comes in the morning.
6 I felt secure and said to myself,
“I will never be defeated.”
7 You were good to me, Lord;
you protected me like a mountain fortress.
But then you hid yourself from me,
and I was afraid.
8 I called to you, Lord;
I begged for your help:
9 “What will you gain from my death?
What profit from my going to the grave?
Are dead people able to praise you?
Can they proclaim your unfailing goodness?
10 Hear me, Lord, and be merciful!
Help me, Lord!”
11 You have changed my sadness into a joyful dance;
you have taken away my sorrow
and surrounded me with joy.
12 So I will not be silent;
I will sing praise to you.
Lord, you are my God;
I will give you thanks forever.
Ongumbiro yokutja okuhepa
Epsalme ra David. Eimburiro pomayapuriro wOndjuwo ya Muhona.
1 Ami me ku tanga, Muhona, tjinga awe ndji yama;
nove wa tjaera ovanavita na ami kutja ave he ndji nyekerere.
2 Muhona, Ndjambi wandje, ami mba kwa ombatero kove,
nove we ndji verukisa.
3 Muhona, ove we ndji yama konḓiro;
tji mba ri mondjira yokupunda motjovakoke,
posi ya ove we ndji hupisa komuinyo.
4 Imburireye Muhona,
oweṋe tjiwaṋa tje otjiṱakame!
Rizemburukeye nena re eyapuke,
nu mu tje okuhepa kena re eyapuke!
5 Omazenge we ye kara oruveze orusupi uriri,
nungwari ouwa we u karerera nga aruhe.
Omahoze ye pupa ongurova,
nungwari muhuka enyando ari ya.
6 Tji mba ri mouṋingandu, mbe rihungirira nai:
“Himee yaraara nga aruhe!”
7 Muhona, ove we ndji ṱuna nawa;
we ndji yama otja otjiṱunga tjondundu.
Nungwari ove tji we rihoreka ku ami,
nami arire tji mba yaruka okutira.
8 Ami mba kwa kove, Muhona,
mbe riyarikaṋa ombatero yoye e tja:
9 “Mape vatere tjike, tji mba koka?
Mape vatere tjike, tji mba hiti meyendo?
Hapo ovaṱi mave sora okukutanga are?
Mave yenene okuzuvarisa ouṱakame woye are?
10 Muhona, ndji zuvira, nu u ndji tjariparere!
Rira omuvatere wandje, Muhona!”
11 Ove wa tjitukisa ondjenda yandje i
rire eimburiro rondjoroka;
wa isa po oruhoze rwandje
no ndji kutjire nenyando.
12 Otji me ku imburire ondangero,
nu hi nokumwina ko.
Muhona, Ndjambi wandje,
ami me ku tjere okuhepa nga aruhe.
