Psalms 56
1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresses me,
Woba lomusa kimi, Nkulunkulu, ngoba umuntu ufuna ukungiginya; usuku lonke esilwa uyangicindezela.
2 My enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,
Izitha zami zifuna ukungiginya usuku lonke, ngoba zinengi ezilwa zimelene lami ngokuziphakamisa.
3 [In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.
Mhla ngisesaba, mina ngizathemba kuwe.
4 In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I do not fear what flesh does to me.
KuNkulunkulu ngizadumisa ilizwi lakhe, kuNkulunkulu ngiyathemba, angiyikwesaba. Inyama ingenzani kimi?
5 All the day they wrest my words, All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,
Usuku lonke baphambanisa amazwi ami; yonke imicabango yabo imelene lami ngokubi.
6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
Bayabuthana, bagugube, bona baqaphelise izinyathelo zami, lapho belindele umphefumulo wami.
7 They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.
Bazaphunyuka yini ngobubi? Ekuthukutheleni wisela phansi abantu, Nkulunkulu.
8 You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?
Ukuzulazula kwami ukubalile; wena faka izinyembezi zami embodleleni yakho; kazikho ogwalweni lwakho yini?
9 Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
Khona izitha zami zizabuyela emuva mhla ngibizayo. Ngiyakwazi lokhu ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukimi.
10 In God I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.
KuNkulunkulu ngizadumisa ilizwi, eNkosini ngizadumisa ilizwi.
11 In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,
KuNkulunkulu ngiyathemba, angiyikwesaba. Umuntu angenzani kimi?
12 On me, O God, [are] Your vows, I repay thank-offerings to You.
Nkulunkulu, izifungo zakho ziphezu kwami; ngizabuyisela kuwe izindumiso.
13 For You have delivered my soul from death, Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!
Ngoba uwukhulule umphefumulo wami ekufeni, yebo, inyawo zami ekukhubekeni, ukuze ngihambe phambi kukaNkulunkulu ekukhanyeni kwabaphilayo.
