A Prayer for Help against Enemies
(Psalm 57.7-11Psalm 60.5-12)1 I have complete confidence, O God!
I will sing and praise you!
Wake up, my soul!
2 Wake up, my harp and lyre!
I will wake up the sun.
3 I will thank you, O Lord, among the nations.
I will praise you among the peoples.
4 Your constant love reaches above the heavens;
your faithfulness touches the skies.
5 Show your greatness in the sky, O God,
and your glory over all the earth.
6 Save us by your might; answer my prayer,
so that the people you love may be rescued.
7 From his sanctuary God has said,
“In triumph I will divide Shechem
and distribute Sukkoth Valley to my people.
8 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh too;
Ephraim is my helmet
and Judah my royal scepter.
9 But I will use Moab as my washbowl,
and I will throw my sandals on Edom,
as a sign that I own it.
I will shout in triumph over the Philistines.”
10 Who, O God, will take me into the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Have you really rejected us?
Aren't you going to march out with our armies?
12 Help us against the enemy;
human help is worthless.
13 With God on our side we will win;
he will defeat our enemies.
Eindilo, Kalunga a xupife movafininiki
Eimbilo, Epsalome laDavid.
1 Kalunga, omutima wange owa tiluluka.
Onda hala okwiimba nokushika.
Penduka, omwenyo wange!
2 Yambukeni, onyalilo nokaxumbafeta!
Onda hala okupendula eluwa.
3 Omwene, onda hala oku ku tanga
mokati koiwana yoilongo,
onda hala ndi ku imbile komaludi ovapaani;
4 osheshi ouwanghenda woye otau lundu eulu,
noudiinini woye otau koya oilemo.
5 Kalunga, fikama u liyeke fiyo okombada yeulu,
nefimano loye kombada yedu alishe!
6 Tu kwafa nolulyo loye,
ovaholike voye fye opo tu xupifwe, tu uda.
7 Mouyapuki waye Kalunga okwa tonga ta ti:
“Onda hala, ndi kaluke nda findana,
onda hala okutavaula Sekem
nokuyeleka, apa pe fike oule wolufilu laSukkot.
8 Gilead oshange naManasse oshange
naEfraim oshikelelifo shokomutwe wange,
naJuda odibopangelo yange.
9 Moab oshiyaxa shange shokulikoshela,
kombada yaEdom ohandi ekele ko eenghaku dange;
nohandi nyakukilwa Filistia.”
10 Olyelye ta twala nge mbela koshilando sha pama?
Olyelye wokufindikila nge kuEdom?
11 Haave ou, we tu ekelashi, Kalunga,
haave ito ende vali pamwe neengudu d
ovakwaita detu, Kalunga?
12 Tu xupifa kovatondi vetu;
osheshi ekwafo lomunhu olongaho.
13 Pamwe naKalunga ohatu ka ninga oilonganghono;
osheshi naYe mwene ota ka lyataula ovatondi vetu.
