Omuxupifi wOvaisraeli na hambelelwe!
Eimbilo lomolweendo lokuya kouyapuki, laDavid.
1 Omwene ngeno okwa li ina ama kufye,
Israel osho na tye;
2 Omwene ngeno ka amene kufye,
ovanhu eshi kwa li ve tu shivila olwoodi,
3 ngeno vo ove tu pona po hamudilu tu nomwenyo,
eshi ehandu lavo kwa li le tu xwamenena;
4 opo ngeno nomeva eyelu e tu yelula,
nomulonga ngeno we tu kungulukila;
5 neemwenyo detu da uvikilwa ngeno
komakufikufi omeva madjuu.
6 Omwene na hambelelwe,
eshi ine tu yandja tu nyanyaulwe komayoo avo.
7 Eemwenyo detu oda xutuluka ngaashi okadila,
ke likufa melulo lomuteli womwiyo, elulo ola tokoka,
ndele fye otwa yululuka mo.
8 Ekwafo letu oli li medina lOmwene,
ou omushiti weulu nedu.
A Song of degrees of David.
1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
