Amahubo 120

1 Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiyambiza uThixo ngisosizini, laye angiphendule.

In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

2 Ngisindisa, Oh Thixo, ezindebeni zamanga lezindimini zenkohliso.

O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

3 Uzakwenzani kuwe, aphinde enzeni njalo, wena limi lwenkohliso?

What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

4 Uzakujezisa ngomtshoko obukhali owebutho, ngamalahle avuthayo esihlahla.

The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

5 Maye mina ngokuhlala kwami eMesheki, ngokuthi ngihlala emathenteni aseKhedari!

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

6 Sengihlale isikhathi eside kakhulu phakathi kwalabo abazonda ukuthula.

My soul hath been long a sojourner.

7 Ngingumuntu wokuthula; kodwa ngithi ngingakhuluma, sebefuna impi.

With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.