Psalms 108

1 A Song, a Melody: David’s. Fixed, is my heart, O God, I will sing and touch the strings, even mine honour.

Inhliziyo yami iqinile, Nkulunkulu. Ngizahlabelela ngitshotshe, ngitsho udumo lwami!

2 Awake, O harp and lyre, I will awaken the dawn!

Vukani gubhu lwezintambo lechacho! Ngizavusa ukusa.

3 I will thank thee among the peoples, O Yahweh, and will sing praise unto thee, among the tribes of men.

Ngizakudumisa, Nkosi, phakathi kwabantu, ngihlabele indumiso kuwe phakathi kwezizwe.

4 For, great, above the heavens, is thy lovingkindness, and, as far as the skies, thy faithfulness.

Ngoba umusa wakho mkhulu phezu kwamazulu, leqiniso lakho lifika emayezini.

5 Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And, above all the earth, be thy glory.

Phakama, Nkulunkulu, ngaphezu kwamazulu, lobukhosi bakho phezu komhlaba wonke.

6 To the end thy beloved ones may be delivered, Oh save thou with thy right hand and answer me!

Ukuze abathandekayo bakho bakhululwe; sindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene, ungiphendule.

7 God, hath spoken in his holiness, I will exult! I will apportion Shechem! And, the Vale of Succoth, will I measure out;

UNkulunkulu ukhulumile ebungcweleni bakhe. Ngizathaba, ngiyabe iShekema, ngilinganise isihotsha seSukothi.

8 Mine, is Gilead—mine, Manasseh, but, Ephraim, is the defence of my head, Judah, is my commander’s staff;

Ngeyami iGileyadi, ngowami uManase, loEfrayimi ungamandla ekhanda lami, uJuda ungumnikumthetho wami.

9 Moab, is my wash-bowl, Upon Edom, will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia, raise a shout of triumph.

UMowabi ungumganu wami wokugezela; phezu kukaEdoma ngizaphosela inyathela lami; phezu kweFilisti ngizamemeza ngokunqoba.

10 Who will conduct me to a fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom?

Ngubani ozangisa emzini oqinileyo? Ngubani ozangiholela eEdoma?

11 Hast not thou, O God, rejected us? and wilt not go forth, O God, with our hosts.

Kawusilahlanga yini, Nkulunkulu; kawuphumanga, Nkulunkulu, lamabutho ethu?

12 Grant us help out of distress, for, vain, is the deliverance of man:

Siphe usizo ekuhlupheni, ngoba luyize uncedo lomuntu.

13 In God, shall we do valiantly, He himself, therefore, shall tread down our adversaries.

KuNkulunkulu sizakwenza ngobuqhawe, ngoba yena uzanyathelela phansi izitha zethu.