Psalms 63

1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Nkulunkulu, unguNkulunkulu wami, ngizakudinga ngovivi; umphefumulo wami womela wena; inyama yami iyakulangatha, elizweni elomileyo leligagadekileyo, elingelamanzi.

2 To see your power and your glory, so as I have seen you in the sanctuary.

Njengoba ngikubonile endaweni engcwele, ngibone amandla akho lobukhosi bakho.

3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

Ngoba uthandolomusa wakho lungcono kulempilo; indebe zami zizakudumisa.

4 Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name.

Ngokunjalo ngizakubonga ngisaphila, ngiphakamise izandla zami ebizweni lakho.

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:

Umphefumulo wami uzasutha kungathi ngomnkantsho lamahwahwa, lomlomo wami uzadumisa ngezindebe ezithabisayo.

6 When I remember you on my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.

Lapho ngikukhumbula embhedeni wami, emilindweni yebusuku ngizindla ngawe.

7 Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.

Ngoba ubulusizo lwami, ngakho emthunzini wempiko zakho ngizahlabela ngithokoze.

8 My soul follows hard after you: your right hand upholds me.

Umphefumulo wami unamathele ekukulandeleni, isandla sakho sokunene siyangisekela.

9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Kodwa abadinga umphefumulo wami ukuwuchitha bazakuya ezindaweni zomhlaba eziphansi.

10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

Bazanikelwa emandleni enkemba, babe yisabelo samakhanka.

11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Kodwa inkosi izathokoza kuNkulunkulu; wonke ofunga ngaye uzazincoma; kodwa umlomo wabaqamba amanga uzavalwa.