Psalms 141

1 A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, I have called You, hurry to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to You.

Nkosi, ngiyakhala kuwe; phangisa uze kimi; beka indlebe elizwini lami lapho ngikhala kuwe.

2 My prayer is prepared—incense before You, The lifting up of my hands—the evening present.

Umkhuleko wami kawumiswe njengempepha phambi kwakho, ukuphakanyiswa kwezandla zami njengomnikelo wakusihlwa.

3 Set, O YHWH, a watch for my mouth, Watch over the door of my lips.

Nkosi, bekela umlomo wami umlindi, gcina umnyango wendebe zami.

4 Do not incline my heart to an evil thing, To habitually do actions in wickedness, Working iniquity with men, Indeed, I do not eat of their pleasant things.

Ungaphenduleli inhliziyo yami entweni embi, ukuthi ngenze izenzo ezimbi kanye labantu abenza ububi, ngingadli ezibilibocweni zabo.

5 The righteous beat me [in] kindness. And reprove me, My head does not disallow oil of the head, For my prayer [is] still about their distress.

Olungileyo kangitshaye ethandwenilomusa, angisole; kuzakuba ngamafutha ekhanda, ikhanda lami kalingawali, ngoba lomkhuleko wami usezakuba sezinhluphekweni zabo.

6 Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

Abahluleli babo baphoselwa emaceleni edwala, bazakuzwa amazwi ami ngoba amnandi.

7 As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul. (Sheol h7585)

Amathambo ethu ahlakazekile emlonyeni wengcwaba njengobandayo adabule emhlabathini. (Sheol h7585)

8 But to You, O YHWH, my Lord, [are] my eyes, In You I have trusted, Do not make my soul bare.

Kodwa amehlo ami akuwe, Jehova, Nkosi; ngithembele kuwe; ungawuchayi umphefumulo wami.

9 Keep me from the trap they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.

Ngigcina emandleni omjibila abangibekele wona, lezithiyo zabenzi bobubi.

10 The wicked fall in their dragnets together, until I pass over!

Ababi kabawele emambuleni abo kanye, ngize ngidlule mina.