Psalms 31
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Kuwe, Nkosi, ngiyathemba, kangingayangeki lanini, ngikhulule ngokulunga kwakho.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an 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; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
Ngoba wena ulidwala lami lenqaba yami; ngakho ngenxa yebizo lakho ngikhokhela ungiqondise.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.
Ngikhupha embuleni abangithiye ngalo ensitha, ngoba uyinqaba yami.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Esandleni sakho ngibeka umoya wami; ungihlengile, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu weqiniso.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Ngibazondile labo abananzelela okuyize kwamanga; kodwa mina ngithembela eNkosini.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
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 room.
Njalo kawungivalelanga esandleni sesitha, umise inyawo zami endaweni ebanzi.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea], 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 grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Ngoba impilo yami iphela ngosizi, leminyaka yami ngokububula; amandla ami ayadeda ngenxa yeziphambeko zami, lamathambo ami ayaqedwa.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Sengilihlazo phakathi kwazo zonke izitha zami, kodwa ikakhulu kwabakhelene lami, sengiyikwesabeka kwabangejwayeleyo; abangibonayo ngaphandle bayangibalekela.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Bakhohlwe ngami njengofileyo enhliziyweni; nginjengesitsha esifileyo.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Ngoba ngizwile ukunyunda kwabanengi, ukwesaba inhlangothi zonke, becebisana bemelene lami, beceba ukuthatha impilo yami.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: 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 them that persecute me.
Izikhathi zami zisesandleni sakho; ngikhulula esandleni sezitha zami lakwabangizingelayo.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
Khanyisa ubuso bakho phezu kwenceku yakho; ungisindise ngothando lwakho.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)
Nkosi, kangingayangeki, ngoba ngikubizile; kabayangeke ababi, bathule engcwabeni. (Sheol h7585)
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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 shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Uzabafihla ekusithekeni kobukhona bakho basuke kumagobe omuntu, ubafihle ethenteni ekuphikisaneni kwenlimi.
21 Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
Kayibongwe iNkosi, ngoba ingenzele uthando olumangalisayo emzini oyinqaba.
22 For 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 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Ithandeni iNkosi lonke bangcwele bayo. INkosi ilondoloza abathembekileyo, iyamphindisela kakhulukazi owenze ngokuzigqaja.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Qinani, izaqinisa inhliziyo yenu, lina lonke elithembela eNkosini.
