Psalms 56

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresses me,

Uwe na huruma nami, Mungu, kwa maana watu wananishambulia! Muda wote wale wanao pigana nami hunikaribia zaidi ili wanishambulie.

2 My enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,

Adui zangu hunikanyaga muda wote; maana ni wengi ambao kwa kiburi hupigana dhidi yangu.

3 [In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.

Wakati nina woga, nitaweka imani yangu katika wewe.

4 In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I do not fear what flesh does to me.

Katika Mungu, ambaye neno lake ninalisifu - nimeweka imani yangu katika Mungu; sitaogopa; mtu wa kawaida atanifanya nini?

5 All the day they wrest my words, All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,

Muda wote wanayageuza maneno yangu; mawazo yao yote yako kinyume na mimi kwa ajili ya uovu.

6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

Wanajikusanya kwa pamoja, wanajificha wenyewe, na kuzifuatilia hatua zangu, wakisubiri kuniua.

7 They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.

Usiwaache waikimbie adhabu yako kwa ajili ya uovu wao. Uwaangushe watu chini katika hasira yako, Mungu.

8 You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?

Wewe unahesabu kutangatanga kwangu na kuweka machozi yangu kwenye chupa yako; je, hayako kitabuni mwako?

9 Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

Ndipo maadui zangu watakimbia katika siku ile nikuitapo wewe; hili najua, kwamba Mungu yupo kwa ajili yangu.

10 In God I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.

Katika Mungu ambaye neno lake ninalisifu, katika Yahwe ambaye neno lake ninalisifu,

11 In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,

katika Mungu ninaamini, sitaogopa. Yeyote atanifanya nini?

12 On me, O God, [are] Your vows, I repay thank-offerings to You.

Wajibu wa kutimiza viapo vyangu kwako uko juu yangu, Mungu; nitatoa sadaka ya shukurani.

13 For You have delivered my soul from death, Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!

Kwa kuwa umeokoa uhai wangu na mauti; umezuia miguu yangu isianguke, ili kwamba niweze kutembea mbele ya Mungu katika nuru ya uhai.