Psalms 9
1 I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvellous works.
Ngizakudumisa, Nkosi, ngenhliziyo yami yonke, ngilandise zonke izimangaliso zakho.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O you most High.
Ngizathaba ngithokoze kuwe, ngihlabele indumiso ebizweni lakho, wena oPhezukonke.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.
Lapho izitha zami zibuyela emuva, zizakuwa, zibhubhe phambi kwakho.
4 For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right.
Ngoba ulimele ilungelo lami lodaba lwami, wahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi, wahlulela ngokulungileyo.
5 You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name for ever and ever.
Uzikhuzile izizwe, wabhubhisa omubi; walesula ibizo labo kuze kube nini lanini.
6 O you enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and you have destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Izitha ziphelile, izincithakalo eziphakade; uyidilizile imizi; ukukhunjulwa kwabo kubhubhe kanye labo.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment.
Kodwa iNkosi izahlala kuze kube phakade, isihlalo sayo sobukhosi isilungisele isahlulelo.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Yona-ke izawahlulela umhlaba ngokulunga, ibagwebe abantu ngokuqonda.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Njalo iNkosi izakuba yisiphephelo socindezelweyo, isiphephelo ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.
10 And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you.
Labalaziyo ibizo lakho bazathemba kuwe, ngoba wena Nkosi, kawubatshiyanga abakudingayo.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Hlabelani indumiso eNkosini ehlezi eZiyoni, limemezele phakathi kwabantu izenzo zayo.
12 When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
Nxa idinga igazi, iyabakhumbula, kayikhohlwa ukukhala kwabahlutshwayo.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death:
Woba lomusa kimi, Nkosi, ubone uhlupho lwami oluvela kwabangizondayo, wena ongiphakamisayo emasangweni okufa,
14 That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation.
ukuze ngilandise yonke indumiso yakho emasangweni endodakazi yeZiyoni, ngithokoze kusindiso lwakho.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Izizwe zitshone emgodini ezawenzayo, embuleni ezalithiyayo unyawo lwazo lubanjiwe.
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
INkosi izazisile, yenza isahlulelo; omubi uthiywe emsebenzini wezandla zakhe. Higayoni. (Sela)
Abakhohlakeleyo bazabuyela esihogweni, zonke izizwe ezimkhohlwayo uNkulunkulu. (Sheol h7585)
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Ngoba oswelayo kayikukhohlakala kokuphela; ithemba labayanga kaliyikunyamalala phakade.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight.
Vuka, Nkosi, umuntu kanganqobi; izizwe kazigwetshwe phambi kwakho.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. (Selah)
Zitshayise ngovalo, Nkosi, izizwe kazikwazi ukuthi zingabantu nje. (Sela)
