Psalms 31
1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Kuwe, Nkosi, ngiyathemba, kangingayangeki lanini, ngikhulule ngokulunga kwakho.
2 Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.
Beka kimi indlebe yakho, ngikhulule masinyane, ube lidwala elilamandla kimi, indlu yezinqaba yokungisindisa.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me.
Ngoba wena ulidwala lami lenqaba yami; ngakho ngenxa yebizo lakho ngikhokhela ungiqondise.
4 Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.
Ngikhupha embuleni abangithiye ngalo ensitha, ngoba uyinqaba yami.
5 Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, [thou] God of truth.
Esandleni sakho ngibeka umoya wami; ungihlengile, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu weqiniso.
6 I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.
Ngibazondile labo abananzelela okuyize kwamanga; kodwa mina ngithembela eNkosini.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,
Ngizathaba ngithokoze emuseni wakho, ngoba ubonile uhlupho lwami, wazile umphefumulo wami ezinkathazweni.
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Njalo kawungivalelanga esandleni sesitha, umise inyawo zami endaweni ebanzi.
9 Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
Woba lomusa kimi, Nkosi, ngoba ngilohlupho; ilihlo lami liqedwa lusizi, umphefumulo wami lesisu sami.
10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.
Ngoba impilo yami iphela ngosizi, leminyaka yami ngokububula; amandla ami ayadeda ngenxa yeziphambeko zami, lamathambo ami ayaqedwa.
11 More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.
Sengilihlazo phakathi kwazo zonke izitha zami, kodwa ikakhulu kwabakhelene lami, sengiyikwesabeka kwabangejwayeleyo; abangibonayo ngaphandle bayangibalekela.
12 I am forgotten in [their] heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.
Bakhohlwe ngami njengofileyo enhliziyweni; nginjengesitsha esifileyo.
13 For I have heard the slander of many — terror on every side — when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.
Ngoba ngizwile ukunyunda kwabanengi, ukwesaba inhlangothi zonke, becebisana bemelene lami, beceba ukuthatha impilo yami.
14 But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God.
Kodwa mina ngithemba kuwe, Nkosi, ngithi: UnguNkulunkulu wami.
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors.
Izikhathi zami zisesandleni sakho; ngikhulula esandleni sezitha zami lakwabangizingelayo.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.
Khanyisa ubuso bakho phezu kwenceku yakho; ungisindise ngothando lwakho.
17 Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Nkosi, kangingayangeki, ngoba ngikubizile; kabayangeke ababi, bathule engcwabeni. (Sheol h7585)
18 Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Kazithuliswe indebe zamanga, ezikhuluma kalukhuni zimelene lolungileyo ngokuzigqaja langokweyisa.
19 [Oh] how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!
Kukhulu kangakanani ukulunga kwakho, okubekele labo abakwesabayo, okwenzela labo abathembela kuwe, phambi kwabantwana babantu!
20 Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Uzabafihla ekusithekeni kobukhona bakho basuke kumagobe omuntu, ubafihle ethenteni ekuphikisaneni kwenlimi.
21 Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.
Kayibongwe iNkosi, ngoba ingenzele uthando olumangalisayo emzini oyinqaba.
22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Ngoba mina ngathi ekuphangiseni kwami: Ngiqunyiwe ngasuswa phambi kwamehlo akho. Loba kunjalo uzwile ilizwi lokuncenga kwami ekukhaleni kwami kuwe.
23 Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer.
Ithandeni iNkosi lonke bangcwele bayo. INkosi ilondoloza abathembekileyo, iyamphindisela kakhulukazi owenze ngokuzigqaja.
24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah.
Qinani, izaqinisa inhliziyo yenu, lina lonke elithembela eNkosini.
