(A song for worship.)
A Prayer for the Lord's Help
1 When I am in trouble, I pray,
2 “Come and save me, Lord,
from deceitful liars!”
3 What punishment is fitting
for you deceitful liars?
4 Your reward should be
sharp and flaming arrows!
5 But I must live as a foreigner
among the people of Meshech
and in the tents of Kedar.
6 I have spent too much time
living among people
who hate peace.
7 I am in favor of peace,
but when I speak of it,
all they want is war.
Ntembezelo we bhatsho
1 Mu manikano dzangu ndolilila kuna Yahwe,
kuti bandidabile.
2 “Munditjidze, imwi Yahwe,
mu milomo inonyepa,
mu lulimi guzhele butjebeli.”
3 Apa unowopiwani kene?
Apa ini tjaunowothamigwa kupinda kene,
iwe lulimi guzhele butjebeli?
4 Misebe yakateswa ye babhayani,
ne masimbe anothuta e nti we ntshwayilo!
5 Yee mme wee! Ndapalala imi nzhi mu Mesheki
ngekuti ndogala mu mishasha ye Kedari!
6 Ndakagala tjibaka tjilefulefu ne bathu
pakati kwa ibabo banobenga kunyalala.
7 Imi ndoshaka kunyalala,
koga ha ndilebeleka,
ibo banoshaka ngwa.