Psalms 141
1 A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.
Ihubo likaDavida Oh Thixo, ngiyakubiza; woza masinyane kimi. Zwana ilizwi lami nxa ngikubiza.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
Sengathi umkhuleko wami ungema phambi kwakho njengempepha; kuthi ukuphakama kwezandla zami kube njengomhlatshelo wakusihlwa.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.
Ngibekela umlindi womlomo wami, Oh Thixo, qaphela umnyango wezindebe zami.
4 Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.
Ungayekeli inhliziyo yami ihugwe ngokubi, ngingene ezenzweni ezimbi labantu abayizigangi; mangingadli izibiliboco zabo.
5 The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
Ake ngitshaywe ngumuntu olungileyo, kungumusa; kake angikhuze, kungamafutha ekhanda lami. Ikhanda lami kaliyikukwala. Ikanti umkhuleko wami uhlezi umelana lezenzo zezigangi.
6 Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
Ababusi bazo bazaphoselwa phansi emaweni, lababi bazafunda ukuthi amazwi ami ayekhulunywe kuhle.
7 As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol h7585)
Bazakuthi, “Njengalowo olimayo eqeqebula umhlabathi, kanjalo amathambo ethu achithiziwe emlonyeni weliba.” (Sheol h7585)
8 For mine eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life.
Kodwa amehlo ami agxile kuwe, Oh Thixo woBukhosi; kuwe ngiyaphephela unganginikeli ekufeni.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
Ngivikela emijibileni asebeyithiyele mina, ezifini ezithiywe yizigangi.
10 Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
Akuthi ababi bawele emambuleni abo, mina ngidlule kuhle ngiphephile.
