Psalms 56

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

1 Ee Mungu unihurumie, maana watu wananifuatia vikali; mchana kutwa wanazidisha mashambulizi yao.

2 My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

2 Wasingiziaji wangu wananifuatia mchana kutwa, wengi wananishambulia kwa kiburi chao.

3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

3 Wakati ninapoogopa, nitakutumaini wewe.

4 In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

4 Katika Mungu, ambaye neno lake ninalisifu, katika Mungu ninatumaini; sitaogopa. Mwanadamu apatikanaye na kufa, atanitenda nini?

5 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

5 Mchana kutwa wanayageuza maneno yangu, siku zote wanapanga shauri la kunidhuru.

6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

6 Wananifanyia hila, wanajificha, wanatazama hatua zangu, wakiwa na shauku ya kuutoa uhai wangu.

7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

7 Wasiepuke kwa vyovyote, Ee Mungu, katika hasira yako yaangushe mataifa.

8 You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?

8 Andika maombolezo yangu, orodhesha machozi yangu katika gombo lako: je, haya hayapo katika kumbukumbu zako?

9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

9 Ndipo adui zangu watarudi nyuma ninapoita msaada. Kwa hili nitajua kwamba Mungu yuko upande wangu.

10 In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

10 Katika Mungu, ambaye neno lake ninalisifu, katika Bwana, ambaye neno lake ninalisifu,

11 in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

11 katika Mungu ninatumaini, sitaogopa. Mwanadamu anaweza kunitenda nini?

12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.

12 Ee Mungu, nina nadhiri kwako, nitakutolea wewe sadaka zangu za shukrani.

13 For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

13 Kwa kuwa umeniokoa toka kwenye mauti na miguu yangu kwenye kujikwaa, ili niweze kuenenda mbele za Mungu katika nuru ya uzima.