(A special psalm by David for the music leader. To the tune “Don't Destroy.” )
A Prayer When All Goes Wrong
1 Do you mighty people talk
only to oppose justice?
Don't you ever judge fairly?
2 You are always planning evil,
and you are brutal.
3 You have done wrong and lied
from the day you were born.
4 Your words spread poison
like the bite of a cobra
5 that refuses to listen
to the snake charmer.
6 My enemies are fierce
as lions, Lord God!
Shatter their teeth.
Snatch out their fangs.
7 Make them disappear
like leaking water,
and make their arrows miss.
8 Let them dry up like snails
or be like a child that dies
before seeing the sun.
9 Wipe them out quicker
than a pot can be heated
by setting thorns on fire.
10 Good people will be glad
when they see the wicked
getting what they deserve,
and they will wash their feet
in their enemies' blood.
11 Everyone will say, “It's true!
Good people are rewarded.
God does indeed rule the earth
with justice.”
Ntembezelo we kubgwilizila babiibi
1 Apa imwi balauli motongoleba tje malebeswa kene?
Apa motongosumikilisa bathu kwakatambunuka kene?
2 Aa, moalakana zwisakalulwama mu mimoyo yenyu;
moshingisa maboko enyu kugwa mu shango.
3 Babi banopanduka batjazwagwa;
banotjinya kudwa mukuzwagwa kwabo,
beleba manyepkhwa.
4 Bana bushungu gunonga gwe nyoka
se thumbi isingahwe inozwizwina zebe,
5 kuti ndizo isihwe hwi le bazanisi be nyoka
na ibabo banolidzila nyoka nyele bedzizanisa kene bedzitshumwayidza,
6 Ndzimu, vunani meno abo;
simulani meno e shumbana idzedzi, Yahwe!
7 Ngabanyelele, se vula yawunga;
ngabatshambiwe se bushwa bawomelele.
8 Ngabange mannyongovi tjinonyelela mu dope;
bange mwana washayiwa, usabona ilo zhuba.
9 Tjinyolotjo hali dzenyu dzisathu dzikahwa moto we mihwa,
minyolo kene inothuta, dzene Ndzimu ungabatshwayila ukabalasha!
10 Balulwami banowoshatha abebona mbuzuludzo ithamwa;
banowongula makumbo abo mu malopa e babi.
11 Bathu banowoti,
“Nge malebeswa balulwami banowana mbayilo.
Nge malebeswa Ndzimu unosumikilisa mu shango.”