Psalms 7
1 A SHIGGAION OF DAVID, THAT HE SUNG TO YHWH CONCERNING THE WORDS OF CUSH, A BENJAMITE. O YHWH, my God, in You I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.
Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wami, ngiyathembela kuwe; ngisindisa kubo bonke abangizingelayo, ungikhulule.
2 Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
Hlezi adabule umphefumulo wami njengesilwane, edabudabula, kungekho okhululayo.
3 O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wami, uba ngikwenzile lokhu, uba kukhona okubi ezandleni zami,
4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
uba ngiphindisele okubi kosekuthuleni lami (kuphela ngaphanga oyisitha sami ngaphandle kwesizatho),
5 [Then] an enemy pursues my soul, and overtakes, And treads down my life to the earth, And places my glory in the dust. (Selah)
isitha kasizingele umphefumulo wami, siwufice, siyinyathelele impilo yami emhlabathini, senze udumo lwami luhlale ethulini. (Sela)
6 Rise, O YHWH, in Your anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of my adversaries, And awake Yourself for me: You have commanded judgment.
Vuka, Nkosi, ngolaka lwakho, ziphakamise ngenxa yentukuthelo yezitha zami; vuka ungimele; ulayile isahlulelo.
7 And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
Ngakho inhlangano yezizwe izakuhanqa; buya ngaphezulu phezu kwayo.
8 YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
INkosi izakwahlulela izizwe. Ngahlulela, Nkosi, njengokulunga kwami lanjengobuqotho bami obukimi.
9 Please let the evil of the wicked be ended, And establish the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
Ake buphele ububi bababi, kodwa umqinise olungileyo, ngoba ohlola inhliziyo lezinso nguNkulunkulu olungileyo.
10 My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
Isihlangu sami sikuNkulunkulu osindisa abaqotho enhliziyweni.
11 God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
UNkulunkulu ngumahluleli olungileyo, njalo nguNkulunkulu othukuthelela omubi insuku zonke.
12 If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
Uba engaphenduki, uzalola inkemba yakhe; useligobile idandili lakhe walilungisa.
13 Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
Usemlungisele izikhali zokufa, wenzela abazingeli imitshoko yakhe etshisayo.
14 Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
Khangela, uhelelwa ngobubi, akhulelwe yikona, azale amanga.
15 He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
Agebhe umgodi awugubhe, abesewela egodini alenzileyo.
16 His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
Ububi bakhe buzabuyela phezu kwekhanda lakhe, lodlame lwakhe lwehlele enkanda yakhe.
17 I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
Ngizayidumisa iNkosi njengokulunga kwayo, ngihlabelele ibizo leNkosi ephezu konke.
