Psalms 3

1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

1 Ee Bwana, tazama adui zangu walivyo wengi! Ni wengi kiasi gani wanaoinuka dhidi yangu!

2 Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah

2 Wengi wanasema juu yangu, “Mungu hatamwokoa.”

3 But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.

3 Lakini wewe, Ee Bwana, ni ngao pande zote; umeniwekea utukufu na kuinua kichwa changu.

4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah

4 Ninamlilia Bwana kwa sauti kuu, naye ananijibu kutoka mlima wake mtakatifu.

5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

5 Ninajilaza na kupata usingizi; naamka tena, kwa maana Bwana hunitegemeza.

6 I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.

6 Sitaogopa makumi elfu ya adui, wanaojipanga dhidi yangu kila upande.

7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

7 Ee Bwana, amka! Niokoe, Ee Mungu wangu! Wapige adui zangu wote kwenye taya, vunja meno ya waovu.

8 Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

8 Kwa maana wokovu watoka kwa Bwana. Baraka yako na iwe juu ya watu wako.