Amahubo 21

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Yebo Thixo umbusi uyathokoza ngamandla akho. Kukhulu ukuthokoza kwakhe ngokunqoba akuphiwa nguwe!

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

2 Usumphile isiloyiso senhliziyo yakhe njalo kawumncitshanga isicelo sezindebe zakhe.

You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips.

3 Wamemukela ngezibusiso ezinhle wamethesa umqhele wegolide elicengekileyo ekhanda lakhe.

For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

4 Wacela kuwe ukusila, wamupha ubude bezinsuku kuze kube nini lanini.

He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.

5 Ngokunqoba akuphiwe nguwe lukhulu udumo lwakhe; usumgqizise inkazimulo lobukhosi.

Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.

6 Ngempela usumuphe izibusiso ezingapheliyo wamenza wajabula ngentokozo yobukhona Bakho.

For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

7 Ngoba umbusi uyamthemba uThixo; ngothando loPhezukonke olungaphuthiyo akayikuzanyazanyiswa.

For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.

8 Isandla Sakho sizazibamba zonke izitha Zakho; isandla Sakho sokunene sizabaxhakalaza abakuzondayo.

Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

9 Kuzakuthi lapho uqhamuka wena uzabenza babe njengomlilo wemvutho enkulu. Ngenxa yentukuthelo yakhe uThixo uzabaginya, umlilo wakhe uzabaqothula.

You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

10 Wena uzabhubhisa izizukulwane zabo emhlabeni, inzalo yabo ebantwini.

You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.

11 Loba beceba okubi Ngawe besakha amaqhinga amabi, abangeke baphumelele;

Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

12 ngoba uzabenza bafulathele babaleke nxa usubakhombela usulinwebile idandili.

For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.

13 Phakanyiswa, Oh Thixo ngamandla Akho; sizahlabela sibabaze amandla Akho.

Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.