A Prayer for Protection from Enemies
1 Save me by your power, O God;
set me free by your might!
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
listen to my words!
3 Proud people are coming to attack me;
cruel people are trying to kill me—
those who do not care about God.
4 But God is my helper.
The Lord is my defender.
5 May God use their own evil to punish my enemies.
He will destroy them because he is faithful.
6 I will gladly offer you a sacrifice, O Lord;
I will give you thanks
because you are good.
7 You have rescued me from all my troubles,
and I have seen my enemies defeated.
Khākhoen ǃoagu hâ ǁkhaubahes di ǀgores
ǁNaeǃnans ǂgaeǂgui-aob ǃoa: ǁApaxa ǀkhōxūn ǀkha. Davidi Maskils. Sifǁîn ge Sauli ǁga ǃgû tsî “Davida kha sida ǁaegu gau tamab hâ” ti dî ǁaeb ai.
1 Elotse, sa ǀons ǀkha ore te re
î sa ǀgaib ǀkha ti ǁhōba ǂnoaba te re.
2 Elotse, ǁnâu re ti ǀgoresa;
î ǃgâ ti ams di mîde.
3 ǃHaokhoen ge tita ǂama ge khâi,
ǁgauoǃnâ khoen ge ti ûiba ra ôa,
ǁnān hîa Eloba ǁîn aiǃâ mâi tamana.
4 Mû, Elob ge a ti hui-ao,
ǃKhūb ge ti ûiba ǃkhōmâi hâ.
5 Ab nē ǂkhabab ti khākhoen
ti ǃoagu ra ǀapeba ǁîna mādawa-amhe;
ǃKhūb ge ǁîna nî hîkākā,
ǂgomǂgomsab a amaga.
6 Māsenxase ta ge satsa ra ǁguiba;
tsî ta ge sa ǀonsa nî koa,
ǃgâits a xui-ao, ǃKhūtse.
7 ǁÎb ge tita hoa ǂōǂōsiga xu ge ore
tsî ta ge dans ǀkha ti khākhoena ge kō.
