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.
Sâus ǃaroma hâ ǀgores
ǁNaeǃnans ǂgaeǂgui-aob ǃoa
Davidi Psalms
1 ǃKhūtse ore te re ǂkhaba khoena xu,
sâu te re ǂkhabadī-aona xu;
2 ǁNān ǂkhababa ǂgaogu ân ǃnâ ǀape
tsî mâ tsēs hoasa torodī nîse ra ǀhûna xu.
3 Namgu âna ǀao-i khami ra ǀāǀāna,
ǃgai-i di ǃgāb ge amǁgaugu ân ǃnâ hâ.
4 ǃKhūtse eloxoresan di ǃomga xu ore te re;
ǃûi te re ǁgaridī-aon
ti ǂaira nî ǂhābēse ǂâibasen hâna xu.
5 ǃGuriǂgaoxan ge ǂganǃgâsib ǃnâ ǁnoa-e ge ǁguiba te
tsurigu ǀkhan ge ǁnoa-e daob ai ge ǁgui;
ǂhaogan ge ge ǁguiba te.
6 Tita ge ǃKhūba ge mîba: “Sats ge a ti Elo.”
Ti ǀkhomabasens di domma ǁnâu re ǃKhūtse!
7 Ti ǃKhū tsî Elots, ti ores di ǀgaitse;
sats ge torob di ǁaeb ai ti danasa ra ǁkhauba.
8 ǃKhūtse tā toxopa ǂkhaba khoena turan rana mā re,
tā ǁîn di ǂkhaba ǂâibasensa aiǃgû kai re, ǁîn nî ǀgapiǀgapisen xuige.
9 ǁNān ti ǂnamipe hân di danasa
as ǁîn amǁgaugu xa ǃaromahe hâ tsūǃōb xa ǁnā-aihe.
10 A di khau ra ǂnomde ǁîn ai tsorohe;
an ǀaes ǃnâ ǁnā kaihe, ǃgam āgu ǃnâ, ǁkhawan khâi tidese.
11 An mîǁgaiǁgai-aona tā ǃhūbaib ai mâiǁapoǁapohe;
an ǁnān ǁgaridī rana nē tsūǃgâba xu naub xa saohe.
12 Tita ge a ǂan ǃKhūb nî ǀkhomǀkhomsabe-i di ǂhanuǃkhaisa dī
tsî ǂhâb ǃnâ hâna ǂhanu-aisiba dībasa.
13 ǂHanu-ain ge sa ǀonsa nî koa;
ǂhauǃnân ge sa ǀgūhâsib ǃnâ nî ǁan.
