Amahubo 17
1 Umkhuleko kaDavida. Zwana, Oh Thixo, ukuncenga kwami okulungileyo; lalela ukukhala kwami. Zwana umkhuleko wami, kawusuki ezindebeni ezikhohlisayo.
A PRAYER OF DAVID. Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.
2 Ukugezwa kwami ecaleni kakuvele kuwe; sengathi amehlo Akho angabona lokho okuqondileyo.
My judgment goes out from before You; Your eyes see uprightly.
3 Udungulule inhliziyo yami wangihlola ebusuku wangilinga, kawuyikufumana lutho olubi engiluhlelileyo; sengizimisele ukuthi umlomo wami ungenzi sono.
You have proved my heart, You have inspected by night, You have tried me, You find nothing; My thoughts do not pass over my mouth.
4 Mayelana lezenzo zabantu, mina ngizazithiba ezindleleni zobudlwangudlwangu ngelizwi lezindebe zakho.
As for doings of man, Through a word of Your lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;
5 Izinyathelo zami zalela ezindleleni zakho; inyawo zami kazizange zitshelele.
To uphold my goings in Your paths, My steps have not slipped.
6 Ngikhala kuwe, Oh Nkulunkulu ngoba uzangiphendula; ngilalela uzwe umkhuleko wami.
I called You, for You answer me, O God, incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
7 Tshengisa ukumangalisa kothando lwakho olukhulu, wena osindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene, labo ababalekela kuwe ezitheni zabo.
Separate Your kindness wonderfully, O Savior of the confiding, By Your right hand, from withstanders.
8 Ngilondoloza njengegugu lakho; ngifihla emthunzini wamaphiko akho
Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,
9 kwababi abangihlaselayo, ezitheni zami ezimbi ezingihanqileyo.
From the face of the wicked who spoiled me, [From] my enemies in soul who go around against me.
10 Bagcika inhliziyo zabo ezingelazwelo, lemilomo yabo ikhuluma iqholoza.
They have closed up their fat, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
11 Sebeze bangithola, manje sebengihanqile bangiqhuzulele amehlo bafuna ukungilahla phansi.
“Our steps have now surrounded [him]”; They set their eyes to turn aside in the land.
12 Banjengesilwane silambele loba yini esingayidumela, njengesilwane esesabekayo siquthile sicatshile.
His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
13 Phakama, Oh Thixo, basukele, balahle phansi; ngilamulela kwababi ngenkemba yakho.
Arise, O YHWH, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Your sword,
14 Oh Thixo, ngisindisa ngesandla sakho ebantwini abanjalo, ebantwini bakulumhlaba omvuzo wabo ukuyonale impilo. Udedisa iphango lalabo obathandayo; amadodana abo akhomba ngophakathi; baqoqela abantwababo inotho.
From men, Your hand, O YHWH, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Your hidden things You fill their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons, And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
15 Mina-ke ngenxa yokulunga ngizabubona ubuso bakho; ngizakuthi ekuvukeni kwami nganeliswe yikubona isimo sakho.
I—in righteousness, I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form!
