(For the music leader. To the tune “A Silent Dove in the Distance.” A special psalm by David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.)
A Prayer of Trust in God
1 Have pity, God Most High!
My enemies chase me all day.
2 Many of them are pursuing
and attacking me,
3 but even when I am afraid,
I keep on trusting you.
4 I praise your promises!
I trust you and am not afraid.
No one can harm me.
5 Enemies spend the whole day
finding fault with me;
all they think about
is how to do me harm.
6 They attack from ambush,
watching my every step
and hoping to kill me.
7 They won't get away
with these crimes, God,
because when you get angry,
you destroy people.
8 You have kept record
of my days of wandering.
You have stored my tears
in your bottle
and counted each of them.
9 When I pray, Lord God,
my enemies will retreat,
because I know for certain
that you are with me.
10 I praise your promises!
11 I trust you and am not afraid.
No one can harm me.
12 I will keep my promises
to you, my God,
and bring you gifts.
13 You protected me from death
and kept me from stumbling,
so that I would please you
and follow the light
that leads to life.
Galabgwe mu Ndzimu auli mu kudziyidzika
1 Ibeni ne ngoni kundili Ndzimu, ngobe bathu
banonditshamba nge makumbo;
zhuba lose zwita zonditshambilidza;
2 Zwita zwangu zonditshamba
nge makumbo zhuba lose,
ngobe bunji gogwa nami nge mazwikudzo.
3 Ha nditja,
ndogalabgwe mu muli.
4 Mu Ndzimu, iwo wandinokudza dama lawo,
ndogalabgwe mu Ndzimu ndisina lutjo;
nthu koga ungandishingani wali?
5 Zhuba lose banoshaka kundihwisa zogwadza
mikumbulo yabo ndeye kushaka kundithamila bubi.
6 Banozwikubunganya bakandilalila,
bakalingisisa mayendilo angu,
bezwidwa beti bangapedza butjilo gwangu,
7 ndizo buzuludzani jinyo labo;
mu bushongola gwenyu,
lashilani bathu ibabo pasi, imwi Ndzimu!
8 Makabala kuti ndakaposegwa
yeno na yeno kangana;
longani mishodzi yangu mu butili.
Apa azwizokwagwa mu hwalo
dzenyu dze kusumikilisa kene?
9 Ndizo zwita zwangu zowotizha
mu zhuba landinowodana.
Etji ndoziba kuti malebeswa,
kuti Ndzimu umile nami.
10 Mu Ndzimu, iwo wandinokudza dama lawo,
muna Yahwe, iye wandinokudza dama lile,
11 ndogalabgwe mu Ndzimu ndisina lutjo.
Nthu koga ungandithamani wali?
12 Gadzabgwe kwandakamuthamila ngotuna
ndakafanila kukulondolodza, Ndzimu;
13 Makatjidza meya yangu mu lufu,
ne makumbo angu mu kuwa,
kuti ndizo ndiyende mu mesho e Ndzimu
mu tjedza tje butjilo.