The Prayer of Someone in Exile
(Continuation of Psalm 42)
1 O God, declare me innocent,
and defend my cause against the ungodly;
deliver me from lying and evil people!
2 You are my protector;
why have you abandoned me?
Why must I go on suffering
from the cruelty of my enemies?
3 Send your light and your truth;
may they lead me
and bring me back to Zion, your sacred hill,
and to your Temple, where you live.
4 Then I will go to your altar, O God;
you are the source of my happiness.
I will play my harp and sing praise to you,
O God, my God.
5 Why am I so sad?
Why am I so troubled?
I will put my hope in God,
and once again I will praise him,
my savior and my God.
ǃHūsabe-i di ǀgores
(Psalm 42 di ǃkharuǃkharus)1 Elotse, ǂhanu-aise ǀgoraǃgâ te,
î ti ǁhōba ǂhanuoǃnâ ǃhaos ǃoagu ǂnoaba te re,
ǀhôagaoǃnâ tsî ǂhanuoǃnâ khoena xu ore te re.
2 Sats ge ǁnā Elots, ǁîts ǃoa ta ra ǁhaiǁhâtsa.
Tare-i ǃaromats ge ǂhara te?
Tare-i ǃaroma ta ǃoab ǃnâ nî hâ,
khākhoeb xa ra ǁgâiǀāhese?
3 Sa ǃnâb tsî sa amab tsîkha sîǂui re,
î kha tita ǂgaeǂgui,
î kha sa ǃanusib ǃhommi
tsî sa ǁanǃkhaib ǃoa ǂgaeǂguisī te.
4 O ta ge Elob di altars tawa nî sī,
Elob dib a ti ǃgâiaǂgaoba xuige,
tsî ta ge ti harps ǀkha ti Eloba nî gangan.
5 Tarexas kha ǃoa hâ ti ǀomse?
Tarexas a sâoǃnâ?
Elob ai ǂgomaiǂnûi re,
ǁîba ta ge nî koa,
huib âb ǃaroma.
