Psalms 71
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
Kuwe, Nkosi, ngiyaphephela; kangingayangeki lanininini.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thy ear to me, and save me.
Ngikhulula ngokulunga kwakho, ungophule; beka indlebe yakho kimi, ungisindise.
3 Be thou my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.
Woba lidwala lokuhlala kimi, ngiye kulo njalonjalo; ulayile ukungisindisa, ngoba ulidwala lami lenqaba yami.
4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Nkulunkulu wami, ngophula esandleni somubi lesandleni songalunganga lolesihluku.
5 For thou [art] my hope, O LORD God: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
Ngoba wena, ulithemba lami Nkosi, Jehova, ithemba lami kwasebutsheni bami.
6 By thee have I been sustained from my birth: thou art he that brought me into life: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.
Ngeyame kuwe kwasesizalweni; nguwe owangikhupha esiswini sikamama; indumiso yami ingawe njalonjalo.
7 I am as a wonder to many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.
Benginjengesimangaliso kwabanengi; kodwa wena uyisiphephelo sami esiqinileyo.
8 Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honor all the day.
Umlomo wami kawugcwaliswe ngendumiso yakho, usuku lonke ngodumo lwakho.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Ungangilahli esikhathini sokuluphala, ungangitshiyi ekupheleni kwamandla ami.
10 For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
Ngoba izitha zami zikhuluma zimelene lami, labacathamela umphefumulo wami bayacebisana,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].
besithi: UNkulunkulu umtshiyile; zingelani, limbambe, ngoba kakho okhululayo.
12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Nkulunkulu, ungabi khatshana lami; Nkulunkulu wami, phangisela usizo lwami.
13 Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
Kabayangeke baphele abayizitha zomphefumulo wami, kabasitshekelwe yikuyangeka lehlazo labo abadinga ukoniwa kwami.
14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Kodwa mina ngizathemba njalonjalo, ngengeze ekudunyisweni kwakho konke.
15 My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
Umlomo wami uzalandisa ukulunga kwakho, usuku lonke usindiso lwakho, ngoba kangiwazi amanani akho.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.
Ngizahamba emandleni eNkosi uJehova, ngiqambe ukulunga kwakho, okwakho kuphela.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Nkulunkulu, ungifundisile kusukela ebutsheni bami, njalo kuze kube khathesi ngitshumayele izimangaliso zakho.
18 Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown thy strength to [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
Lalapho sengiluphele sengiyimpunga, Nkulunkulu, ungangitshiyi, ngize ngitshumayele ingalo yakho kuso isizukulwana, amandla akho kuye wonke ozakuza.
19 Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like to thee!
Lokulunga kwakho, Nkulunkulu, kufika ezingqongeni, owenze izinto ezinkulu; Nkulunkulu, ngubani onjengawe?
20 [Thou], who hast shown me great and severe troubles, wilt revive me again, and wilt bring me again from the depths of the earth.
Ongenze ngabona inhlupheko ezinengi lezibuhlungu, uzangivuselela futhi, ungikhuphule futhi ezinzikini zomhlaba.
21 Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
Uzakwandisa ubukhulu bami, ungiduduze inhlangothi zonke.
22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: to thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Lami ngizakudumisa ngogubhu lwezintambo, iqiniso lakho, Nkulunkulu wami; ngizahlabelela izibongo kuwe ngechacho, wena ongcwele kaIsrayeli.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Indebe zami zizamemeza ngentokozo lapho ngihlabelela kuwe, lomphefumulo wami owuhlengileyo.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, that seek my hurt.
Futhi ulimi lwami luzakhuluma ngokulunga kwakho usuku lonke, ngoba bayangekile, ngoba badumazeka, abadinga ukoniwa kwami.
