Amahubo 12

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ngendlela yesheminithi. Ihubo likaDavida. Siza Thixo, ngoba kabasekho abakholwayo; abathembekileyo sebenyamalele kabasekho ebantwini.

“For the leader of the music; to the octave. A psalm of David.” Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; The faithful are failing among men.

2 Bonke baqamba amanga kubomakhelwane babo; izindebe zabo eziyengayo zihlezi zikhuluma inkohliso esezinhliziyweni zabo.

They speak falsehood one to another; With flattering lips, with a double heart, do they speak.

3 Sengathi uThixo angaziquma zonke izindebe ezikhohlisayo kanye laluphi ulimi oluzikhukhumezayo

May the LORD destroy all flattering lips, And the tongue which speaketh proud things!

4 oluthi, “Sizanqoba ngendimi zethu; izindebe zethu zizasilwela ngubani oyinkosi yethu na?”

Who say, “With our tongues will we prevail; Our lips are our reliance; Who is lord over us?”

5 “Ngenxa yokuncindezelwa kwabayanga lokububula kwabaswelayo, sengizavuka khathesi,” kutsho uThixo. “Ngizabavikela kulabo ababachukuluzayo.”

For the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the wretched, Now will I stand up, saith the LORD; I will set in safety him whom they puff at.

6 Njalo amazwi kaThixo amsulwa, njengesiliva esicengwe esithandweni somlilo esebumba, njengegolide elihlanjululwe kasikhombisa.

The words of the LORD are pure; Like silver purified in a furnace on the earth, Seven times refined.

7 Oh Thixo, uzahlala usiphephisile njalo usivikele ebantwini ababi nini lanini.

Thou, O LORD! will watch over them; Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 Ababi bayaklamasa santando nxa bebona izinto ezilihlazo zidunyiswa ngabantu.

The wicked walk on every side, When the vilest of men are exalted.