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.
Onghuwo molwovanaita vekonda
Epsalome laDavid, la pewa enyakwa lolwiimbo.
1 Omwene, xupife nge movanhu vai,
Ove amene nge kovalumenhu ovakolokoshi,
2 ava hava dutu owii momitima davo,
otava etifa olwoodi keshe tuu efiku.
3 Otava upike omalaka avo, a fe leyoka;
oudiyo wonhoka u li koshi yomilungu davo. Sela
4 Omwene, amene nge komake ovakolokoshi!
Shiye nge kovalumenhu ovapwidi,
ava tava diladila okupundulila nge po.
5 Eemhote oda tela nge omwiyo nomalulo meholeko,
noiyulifo ohave i dikile nge pomunghulo wondjila
ndele tava fele nge omakelo. Sela
6 Onda tya kOmwene: Oove ngaho Kalunga kange.
Omwene, pwilikina omailikano ange omokule!
7 Omwene, Kalunga kange, ekwafo lange la pama,
Ove ho amene omutwe wange mefiku lolwoodi.
8 Omwene, ino itavela oihalwa yovakolokoshi,
ino efa ekondjelo lavo lii li ninge elao. Sela
9 Ngeenge va yelula omitwe davo,
va hangakena nge keembinga adishe,
opo omupya, ou wa pangelwa komilungu davo,
nau alukile kombada yomitwe davo vene.
10 Oye ne va lokifile omakala omundilo.
Ne va undwile momutemo, momakelo,
vaha shiive okufikama vali.
11 Omulundili ita ka mona, apa te likwatelele moshilongo;
omhote nai tewatewe kemonifo loixuna
kedengo nedengo!
12 Ondi shi shii, Omwene Oye ota endifa
oshikondjelwa shovakwanaluhepo,
ekondjo lomapongo okuyukifilwa.
13 Heeno, ovayuki otava ka pandula edina loye,
ovakoshoki otava kala koshipala shoye.
