Psalms 56
1 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
Woba lomusa kimi, Nkulunkulu, ngoba umuntu ufuna ukungiginya; usuku lonke esilwa uyangicindezela.
2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long: for they be many that fight proudly against me.
Izitha zami zifuna ukungiginya usuku lonke, ngoba zinengi ezilwa zimelene lami ngokuziphakamisa.
3 What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
Mhla ngisesaba, mina ngizathemba kuwe.
4 In God I will praise his word: in God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; what can flesh do unto me?
KuNkulunkulu ngizadumisa ilizwi lakhe, kuNkulunkulu ngiyathemba, angiyikwesaba. Inyama ingenzani kimi?
5 All the day long they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Usuku lonke baphambanisa amazwi ami; yonke imicabango yabo imelene lami ngokubi.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.
Bayabuthana, bagugube, bona baqaphelise izinyathelo zami, lapho belindele umphefumulo wami.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in anger cast down the peoples, O God.
Bazaphunyuka yini ngobubi? Ekuthukutheleni wisela phansi abantu, Nkulunkulu.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book?
Ukuzulazula kwami ukubalile; wena faka izinyembezi zami embodleleni yakho; kazikho ogwalweni lwakho yini?
9 Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: this I know, that God is for me.
Khona izitha zami zizabuyela emuva mhla ngibizayo. Ngiyakwazi lokhu ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukimi.
10 In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise [his] word.
KuNkulunkulu ngizadumisa ilizwi, eNkosini ngizadumisa ilizwi.
11 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; what can man do unto me?
KuNkulunkulu ngiyathemba, angiyikwesaba. Umuntu angenzani kimi?
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank offerings unto thee.
Nkulunkulu, izifungo zakho ziphezu kwami; ngizabuyisela kuwe izindumiso.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling? that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Ngoba uwukhulule umphefumulo wami ekufeni, yebo, inyawo zami ekukhubekeni, ukuze ngihambe phambi kukaNkulunkulu ekukhanyeni kwabaphilayo.
