Confidence in God's Protection
1 I wait patiently for God to save me;
I depend on him alone.
2 He alone protects and saves me;
he is my defender,
and I shall never be defeated.
3 How much longer will all of you attack someone
who is no stronger than a broken-down fence?
4 You only want to bring him down from his place of honor;
you take pleasure in lies.
You speak words of blessing,
but in your heart you curse him.
5 I depend on God alone;
I put my hope in him.
6 He alone protects and saves me;
he is my defender,
and I shall never be defeated.
7 My salvation and honor depend on God;
he is my strong protector;
he is my shelter.
8 Trust in God at all times, my people.
Tell him all your troubles,
for he is our refuge.
9 Human beings are all like a puff of breath;
great and small alike are worthless.
Put them on the scales, and they weigh nothing;
they are lighter than a mere breath.
10 Don't put your trust in violence;
don't hope to gain anything by robbery;
even if your riches increase,
don't depend on them.
11 More than once I have heard God say
that power belongs to him
12 and that his love is constant.
You yourself, O Lord, reward everyone according to their deeds.
Onḓakameno mondjamo ya Ndjambi
Komuimburise Jedutun. Epsalme ra David.
1 Mu Ndjambi erike omuinyo
wandje omu u muna orusuvo;
nombatero yandje i za mu ye.
2 Eye porwe oruuwa rwandje
nombwiro yandje notjiṱunga tjandje,
hi nokuṱeputi tjinene.
3 Eṋe amuhe mamu vanga okurwisa
omundu umwe nai nga ruṋe,
ngu he ri omunamasa porumbo
ndwa teka nu ndu ri pokuwa?
4 Eṋe mu vanga okumuwisira pehi
uriri okuza poṋa pe pondjozikiro;
mu nonyuṋe movizeze;
mu hungira omambo wondaya,
nungwari momitima vyeṋu tjandje
mamu mu sengi.
5 Tjiri, mu Ndjambi erike
omuinyo omu u muna orusuvo;
omaundjiro wandje ye za mu ye.
6 Eye porwe oruuwa rwandje
nombwiro yandje notjiṱunga tjandje,
hi nokuṱeputi tjinene.
7 Ombatero nondatero yandje i ri mu Ndjambi;
nu mu Ndjambi wina mu
noruuwa rwomasa wandje,
nomaundiro wandje.
8 Riyamekeye ku Ndjambi omayuva aehe,
oweṋe tjiwaṋa tjandje;
Mu raereye omaumba weṋu aehe!
Ndjambi eye omaundiro wetu.
9 Ovandu avehe ve ri
tjimuna osuvaneno yomuinyo;
ovanene nouṱiṱi owo omungandjo porwe.
Tji we ve twa kotjisaneke, owo
kave nondjinda,
owo ovapupu posuvaneno yomuinyo.
10 Amu riyameke kozondjito zoutwe,
nu amu vanga okumuna
oviṋa mokupunda ovandu:
Outumbe weṋu nandi wa takavarere ko,
amu riyameke ku wo.
11 Ndjambi wa hungira embo rimwe,
nami mbe ri zuva tuvari,
kutja omasa aehe owa Ndjambi,
12 nokutja otjari tje otjo otjikarerere.
Ove omuini, Muhona,
u yandja ondjambi ku auhe otja
koviungura vye.
