Amahubo 36

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. ElikaDavida inceku kaThixo. Ngilenkinga enhliziyweni yami mayelana lokuxhwala kwesigangi: Kakukho ukwesaba uNkulunkulu engqondweni yaso.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 Phela kweyaso ingqondo siyazikhohlisa size sehluleke ukubona kumbe ukuzonda isono saso.

For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

3 Amazwi omlomo waso abolile alenkohliso; kasiselakho ukuhlakanipha lokulunga.

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

4 Kwala loba silele siceba ububi; sizinikela endleleni yobubi njalo kasikulahli okubi.

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

5 Uthando Lwakho, Thixo, lufika emazulwini, ukuthembeka Kwakho esibhakabhakeni.

Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

6 Ukulunga Kwakho kunjengezintaba ezesabekayo, ukwahlulela kuhle Kwakho njengolwandle olukhulu. Oh Thixo, uyamlondoloza umuntu kanye lenyamazana.

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

7 Luligugu elinganani uthando Lwakho olungaphuthiyo, Oh Nkulunkulu! Bonke abantu bazuza isiphephelo emthunzini wamaphiko Akho.

How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

8 Bayazitika ngokudla okunengi endlini Yakho; ubapha okunathwayo okwemfuleni wakho wokuthokoza.

They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

9 Ngoba kuwe kulomthombo wokuphila; kokwakho ukukhanya sibona ukukhanya.

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

10 Qhubeka ngothando Lwakho kulabo abakwaziyo, ukuluga Kwakho kwabaqotho enhliziyweni.

Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

11 Sengathi unyawo lwabazazisayo lungehluleka ukunginyathela, loba ukuthi isandla sababi singangixotshi.

Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

12 Bonani-ke ukuthi izigangi sezithe daca ziwiselwe phansi, kazisavuki futhi!

There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.