(A psalm by David for Jeduthun, the music leader.)
God Is Powerful and Kind
1 Only God can save me,
and I calmly wait for him.
2 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe
and the fortress
where I am secure.
3 I feel like a shaky fence
or a sagging wall.
How long will all of you
attack and assault me?
4 You want to bring me down
from my place of honor.
You love to tell lies,
and when your words are kind,
hatred hides in your heart.
5 Only God gives inward peace,
and I depend on him.
6 God alone is the mighty rock
that keeps me safe,
and he is the fortress
where I feel secure.
7 God saves me and honors me.
He is that mighty rock
where I find safety.
8 Trust God, my friends,
and always tell him
each of your concerns.
God is our place of safety.
9 We humans are only a breath;
none of us are truly great.
All of us together weigh less
than a puff of air.
10 Don't trust in violence
or depend on dishonesty
or rely on great wealth.
11 I heard God say two things:
“I am powerful,
12 and I am very kind.”
The Lord rewards each of us
according to what we do.
Kugalabgwe mu Ndzimu
1 Meya yangu yakalindila Ndzimu koga nge kunyalala;
jidzo langu lodwa muwuli.
2 Ndzimu woga ndiwo bgwe langu kakale jidzo langu,
ndiwo luswingo gwakandibakilila;
anditowotongo zunguzika.
3 Apa mowotatana ne nthu wamunukunda kuswikila lini kene?
Kuti mutshindike guma lakaleleka,
guma linozunguzika kene?
4 Kulangana kwabo hwupinganyidza nthu unobhudilila.
Banoshathisiwa nge manyepkhwa.
Banokombolela nge milomo yabo,
koga mukati kwabo banolonga bhiso.
5 Meya yangu yakalindila Ndzimu koga nge kunyalala,
ngobe kugalabgwe kwangu kumu Ndzimu.
6 Ndzimu woga ndiwo jidzo langu,
ndiwo luswingo gwakandibakilila; andingazunguziwe.
7 Tjidziwa kwangu ne kudziwa kwangu kumu Ndzimu.
Ndzimu i dombo ne dizhilo langu.
8 Galanibgwe muwuli misi yose imwi bathu;
dusilani Ndzimu mazwihwo
anodwa mukatikati kwe mimoyo yenyu;
Ndzimu i dizhilo ledu.
9 Ibabo bapasi banonga mafemo e nthu,
ibabo bakamilidzika banonga mawoloto asina nshingo;
ha bebigwa mu ikale banobe balelulelu;
balelulelu kupinda phepo.
10 Usigalebgwe mu kutolela,
kakale usigalebgwe mu kukwiba;
ha fumwa ipaphidzika, usibige moyo uwo muili.
11 Ndzimu wakalebeleka ka nng'ompela;
imi ha hwa ikoku kabili:
kuti simba ngele Ndzimu,
12 nenge ludo gusingazunguzike
nge gwenyu, imwi She.
Molipa mmwe ne mmwe kuyendidzana ne mishingo iye.