A Prayer for Help
1 When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
2 Save me, Lord,
from liars and deceivers.
3 You liars, what will God do to you?
How will he punish you?
4 With a soldier's sharp arrows,
with red-hot coals!
5 Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech
or among the people of Kedar.
6 I have lived too long
with people who hate peace!
7 When I speak of peace,
they are for war.
Huib ǃaroma hâ ǀgores
ǃGûǃapas di tsanas
1 Ti ǂōǂōsib ǃnâ ta ge ǃKhūb ǃoa ge ǂgai,
ob ge ge ǁnâu-am te.
2 ǃKhūtse ǂhumi ra amǁgauga xu ore te re,
gāxaǃnâ namsa xu.
3 Tare-eb kha Eloba gāxaǃnâ namsa nî mā?
Tare-eb kha nî ǀaroba si?
4 ǃGari-aob di ǀāǀāsa ǂāgu
ǀgamsa ra ǂnomdi ǀgom hais didi ǀkha.
5 Mesexs ǃnâ ta ge ǃhaokhoese hâ;
Kedars tentomdi ǃnâ ta ge ǁan hâ.
6 ǂOmxase ta ge ge ǁan,
ǂkhîba ǁkhan hân ǁaegu.
7 Tita ge a ǂkhî
tsî ta ga ǃhoa, on ra ǁîna toroba ǂhomisaba.
