(For the music leader. To the tune “Lily of the Promise.” A special psalm by David for teaching. He wrote it during his wars with the Arameans of northern Syria, when Joab came back and killed twelve thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.)
You Can Depend on God
1 You, God, are angry with us!
We are rejected and crushed.
Make us strong again!
2 You made the earth shake
and split wide open;
now heal its wounds
and stop its trembling.
3 You brought hard times
on your people,
and you gave us wine
that made us stagger.
4 You gave a signal to those
who worship you,
so they could escape
from enemy arrows.
5 Answer our prayers, God!
Use your powerful arm
and give us victory.
Then the people you love
will be safe.
6 Our God, you solemnly promised,
“I would gladly divide up
the city of Shechem
and give away Succoth Valley
piece by piece.
7 The lands of Gilead
and Manasseh are mine.
Ephraim is my war helmet,
and Judah is the symbol
of my royal power.
8 Moab is merely my washbasin.
Edom belongs to me,
and I shout in triumph
over the Philistines.”
9 Our God, who will bring me
to the fortress,
or lead me to Edom?
10 Have you rejected us
and deserted our armies?
11 Help us defeat our enemies!
No one else can rescue us.
12 You will give us victory
and crush our enemies.
Mätu ta 'Diopa rota
1 Miga ama tezo, Lu, nyotongo mbaravo amaro te;
nya'dote kyilaro ama be; migo nyego amare.
2 Mi'ba 'bädri te rukandane, ago miga anya te äträ;
nyede vo nase kotoga be 'do,
tana kate lenyi
3 Mi'ba lidri miro ezarute rueza amba si;
mi'ba ama te para para ro oso wa fu ama ni.
4 Nyeŋga bere te ànya se kayibe mi oro ri,
tana ànya kumuyi robe kigye ni kyila'baazii ri.
5 Nyozo ŋgaopeṛe ämäri mbara miro si,
ago mizatadri mätu amaro ro,
tana apa lidri se miro nyulu tawi ono robe.
6 Lu atate ni vo alokado ndaro yasi ekye:
“Ŋgaopeṛe si molonyina Sekeme 'da
ago melewena vodelero Sukota ro 'da lidri maro ri.
7 Gilada orivoya maro, ago Manase kpa maro;
Eperaima orivoya ŋgadrîtakoro maro
ago Yuda orivoya dofo maro 'bädri'ba ro.
8 Moaba orivoya wese ŋgaojaro maro;
ago mavona mvoka maro 'da Edoma dri,
taka'daro ro anjioko anya ni modo maro ro.
Matrena otre ŋgaopeṛe ro 'da Felesetia dri.”
9 A'di uguna ma ni 'bakici tiṛi obeobero be ya ya?
A'di uguna ma ni Edoma ya ya?
10 Äye Lu miga ama gitezo ya?
Nya oye gi ko abane tro kyila'bai amaro be ya Äye Lu?
11 Mipa ama kyila oyene kyila'baazii be;
tana ŋgaopa lidri ro kadona i'do.
12 Lu ka'dote ama resi mapena ŋga ndi ṛe;
nda opena kyila'baazii amaro 'da.