Confidence in God's Protection
1 I wait patiently for God to save me;
I depend on him alone.
2 He alone protects and saves me;
he is my defender,
and I shall never be defeated.
3 How much longer will all of you attack someone
who is no stronger than a broken-down fence?
4 You only want to bring him down from his place of honor;
you take pleasure in lies.
You speak words of blessing,
but in your heart you curse him.
5 I depend on God alone;
I put my hope in him.
6 He alone protects and saves me;
he is my defender,
and I shall never be defeated.
7 My salvation and honor depend on God;
he is my strong protector;
he is my shelter.
8 Trust in God at all times, my people.
Tell him all your troubles,
for he is our refuge.
9 Human beings are all like a puff of breath;
great and small alike are worthless.
Put them on the scales, and they weigh nothing;
they are lighter than a mere breath.
10 Don't put your trust in violence;
don't hope to gain anything by robbery;
even if your riches increase,
don't depend on them.
11 More than once I have heard God say
that power belongs to him
12 and that his love is constant.
You yourself, O Lord, reward everyone according to their deeds.
Okwiinekela egameno lyaKalunga
Episalomi lyaDavid
1 Onda tegelela neidhidhimiko,
Kalunga a hupithe ndje;
oye awike ndi inekela.
2 Oye awike ta gamene ndje e ta hupitha ndje;
oye omupopili gwandje,
noitandi ka sindika nando.
3 Sigo uunake ne amuhe tamu kondjitha omuntu gumwe,
ngoka oshimbembe a fa olukutu lwa kulupa?
4 Otamu kundathana okuhulitha po esimano lye;
omu hole iifundja.
Momakana otamu tumbula omayambeko,
ihe momitima otamu sheke.
5 Omwenyo gwandje, omuKalunga amuke to mono evululuko;
omuye awike u na etegameno.
6 Oye awike ta gamene ndje nota hupitha ndje.
Oye epopilongulu lyandje,
ite sindika.
7 Ehupitho lyandje nesimano lyandje
oli li muKalunga;
oye emanya lyandje lya kola
nepopilongulu lyandje.
8 Aantu ne, inekeleni aluhe Kalunga.
Anekeni omaudhigu geni koshipala she,
oshoka oye omupopili gwetu.
9 Aanenentu naathigona ayehe oyo omufudho gwowala;
ayehe kaye na po sha.
Ya tula koshiyelekitho,
ayehe kape na sha;
ayehe omufudho gwowala.
10 Ino inekela okulwa omakumbu; ino inekela iinima ya yugwa;
nando uuyamba woye tau tana,
ino tula mo omwenyo gwoye.
11 Olwindji ondu uvu Kalunga ta popi ta ti,
oye Kalunga omunankondo,
12 oye Omuwa omunahole.
Eeno, ota futu kehe omuntu
shi thike piilonga ye.
