Amahubo 20

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Sengathi uThixo angakuphendula nxa usenkathazweni; sengathi ibizo likaNkulunkulu kaJakhobe lingakuvikela.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

2 Sengathi angakuthumela usizo luvela endlini engcwele njalo akunike ukuhlomulela kuvela eZiyoni.

May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.

3 Sengathi angakhumbula yonke imihlatshelo yakho njalo emukele iminikelo yakho yokutshiswa.

May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings.

4 Sengathi angakupha isifiso senhliziyo yakho enze izimiso zakho zonke ziphumelele.

May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

5 Sizamemeza ngokujabula lapho usunqobile, siphakamise uphawu lwethu egameni likaNkulunkulu wethu. Sengathi uThixo angakupha zonke izicelo zakho.

May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

6 Manje sengisazi ukuthi uThixo uyamhlenga ogcotshiweyo wakhe; uyamphendula esezulwini lakhe elingcwele ngamandla Akhe asindisayo awesandla Sakhe sokunene.

Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.

7 Abanye bathemba izinqola zempi, abanye amabhiza, kodwa thina sithemba ibizo likaThixo uNkulunkulu wethu.

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

8 Bafuqelwa phansi bawe, kodwa thina siyaphakama sime sigxile.

They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

9 Oh Thixo, sindisa inkosi! Sabela lapho simemeza!

O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.