Psalms 63

1 A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS BEING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. O God, You [are] my God, earnestly I seek You, My soul has thirsted for You, My flesh has longed for You, In a dry and weary land, without waters.

Ihubo likaDavida eseNkangala yakoJuda. Oh Nkulunkulu, unguNkulunkulu wami, ngiyakudinga ngitshiseka; umphefumulo wami uyakomela, umzimba wami uyakudinga, elizweni elomileyo eseligugile lapho okungelamanzi khona.

2 So I have seen You in the sanctuary, To behold Your strength and Your glory.

Ngikubonile endlini Yakho engcwele ngawabona amandla Akho lenkazimulo Yakho.

3 Because better [is] Your kindness than life, My lips praise You.

Ngoba uthando Lwakho lungcono kulempilo, izindebe zami zizakutsho inkazimulo Yakho.

4 So I bless You in my life, I lift up my hands in Your Name.

Ngizakudumisa kokuphela nxa ngisaphila, ngebizo lakho ngizaphakamisa izandla zami.

5 As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips my mouth praises.

Umphefumulo wami uzasuthiswa ngokudla okuhle okuphilisayo; ngezindebe ezihlabelayo umlomo wami uzakudumisa.

6 If I have remembered You on my bed, I meditate on You in the watches.

Ngisembhedeni wami ngiyakhumbula; ngiyakukhumbula lanxa ngisemlindweni wasebusuku.

7 For You have been a help to me, And I sing in the shadow of Your wings.

Ngoba ulusizo lwami, ngiyahlabelela ngisemthunzini wamaphiko Akho.

8 My soul has cleaved after You, Your right hand has taken hold on me.

Umphefumulo wami unamathele Kuwe; isandla sakho sokunene siyangisekela.

9 And they who seek my soul for desolation, Go into the lower parts of the earth.

Labo abazingela impilo yami bazabhujiswa; bazakwehlela phansi ekujuleni komhlabathi.

10 They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, They are a portion for foxes.

Bazakwabelwa ukudliwa yinkemba babe yikudla kwamakhanka.

11 And the king rejoices in God, Everyone swearing by Him boasts, But the mouth of those speaking lies is stopped!

Kodwa inkosi izathokoza kuNkulunkulu; bonke abafunga ngebizo likaNkulunkulu bazamdumisa, ikanti imilomo yabaqamba amanga izathuliswa.