ǂKhaba khoen ǁkharahes ǃaroma hâ ǀgores
ǁNaeǃnans ǂgaeǂgui-aob ǃoa Altasets ǃoa
Davidi ǀgaipetsanas
1 Sadu ǀgaiba ūhâdo,
amabes ǃnâ du ǂhanu-aisiba ra ǃhoa?
ǂHanu-aise du xare ra ǀgoraǃgâ?
2 ǂGaogu âdu tsîn ǃnâ du ge ǂhanuoǃnâsiba ra sîsen
tsî ǃhūb ǃnâ du ge sadu ǃomgu ǀkha ǂkhababa ra ǀgoraǂui.
3 ǃNaesa xun ge ǂkhaba khoena ǀkhara daoba ra ǃgû,
ǁgûs di ǃnāba xun ge ǂhumi-aona ra ǁhapuma.
4 ǃGāb ân ge ǀao-i dib khami ī;
ǁîn ge ǂganaǂgae hâ ǃgai-i,
ǂgaera â-e ra ǂganam-i,
5 ǃgaidī-aob di domma
mâtikōseb ga ǀhôagao,
xawe ǁnâu tama-i khami ī.
6 Elotse, ǁîn amǃnâ hâ ǁgûga khôa re;
ǃKhūtse, ǂkham xamn di ǁgûga khôa re.
7 An ǁgam-i khami dâubē re,
an ǁîǁhain, daob ǃnâ hân khami dāǂkhūǂkhūhe.
8 ǁKhâxaes khami i ge nî tsunibē,
ǁaeb aiǃâ ǃnae hâ ǀgôa-i, noxopa soresa mû tama-i khami.
9 ǁKhūhais ǀgamma di nî hōǃâs aiǃâ di ge sadu sūde,
ǂhubin ga hâs, oran kas hoasa nî dībēhe.
10 ǂHanu-ain ge ǀkhaoban ga mû, o nî ǃgâiaǂgao;
ǁîn ǂaiden ge ǂkhabadī-aon di ǀaob ǃnâ nî ǁā.
11 Tsîn ge nî mî: “Amaseb ge ǂhanu-aiba mādawa-amsa go hō;
Amaseb ge Elob, ǃhūbaib ai ra ǀgoraǃgâba hâ.”
A Prayer for God to Punish the Wicked
1 Do you rulers ever give a just decision?
Do you judge everyone fairly?
2 No! You think only of the evil you can do,
and commit crimes of violence in the land.
3 Evildoers go wrong all their lives;
they tell lies from the day they are born.
4 They are full of poison like snakes;
they stop up their ears like a deaf cobra,
5 which does not hear the voice of the snake charmer,
or the chant of the clever magician.
6 Break the teeth of these fierce lions, O God.
7 May they disappear like water draining away;
may they be crushed like weeds on a path.
8 May they be like snails that dissolve into slime;
may they be like a baby born dead that never sees the light.
9 Before they know it, they are cut down like weeds;
in his fierce anger God will blow them away
while they are still living.
10 The righteous will be glad when they see sinners punished;
they will wade through the blood of the wicked.
11 People will say, “The righteous are indeed rewarded;
there is indeed a God who judges the world.”
