Psalms 57
1 TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF SAUL INTO A CAVE. Favor me, O God, favor me, For my soul is trusting in You, And I trust in the shadow of Your wings, Until the calamities pass over.
Kwa mwimbishaji. Mtindo wa “Usiharibu!” Utenzi wa Daudi. Baada ya kumponyoka Sauli pangoni. Unihurumie, Ee Mungu, unihurumie, kwa maana nafsi yangu inakukimbilia. Chini ya uvuli wa mbawa zako nitakimbilia mpaka maafa yapite.
2 I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.
Namlilia Mungu Aliye Juu Sana, Mungu atimizaye makusudi yake kwangu.
3 He sends from the heavens, and saves me, He reproached [the one] who is panting after me. (Selah) God sends forth His kindness and His truth.
Hutumana kutoka mbinguni na kuniokoa, akiwakemea wale wanaonifuatilia vikali; Mungu huutuma upendo wake na uaminifu wake.
4 My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames—sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Niko katikati ya simba, nimelala katikati ya wanyama wenye njaa kuu: watu ambao meno yao ni mikuki na mishale, ambao ndimi zao ni panga kali.
5 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, Your glory above all the earth.
Ee Mungu, utukuzwe juu ya mbingu, utukufu wako na uenee duniani kote.
6 They have prepared a net for my steps, My soul has bowed down, They have dug a pit before me, They have fallen into its midst. (Selah)
Waliitegea miguu yangu nyavu, nikainamishwa chini na dhiki. Wamechimba shimo katika njia yangu, lakini wametumbukia humo wao wenyewe.
7 My heart is prepared, O God, My heart is prepared, I sing and praise.
Ee Mungu, moyo wangu ni thabiti; nitaimba na kusifu kwa moyo wangu wote.
8 Awake, my glory, awake, stringed instrument and harp, I awake the morning dawn.
Amka, nafsi yangu! Amka, kinubi na zeze! Nitayaamsha mapambazuko.
9 I thank You among the peoples, O Lord, I praise You among the nations.
Nitakusifu wewe, Ee Bwana, katikati ya mataifa; nitaimba habari zako, katikati ya jamaa za watu.
10 For Your kindness [is] great to the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.
Kwa maana upendo wako ni mkuu, waenea hadi mbinguni, uaminifu wako unazifikia anga.
11 Be exalted above the heavens, O God. Your glory above all the earth!
Ee Mungu, utukuzwe juu mbinguni, utukufu wako na uwe duniani pote.
