Amahubo 41

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ubusisiwe lowo onanza abahluphekayo; uThixo uyamkhulula ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.

[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Blessed is he who considers the poor and needy. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 UThixo uzamvikela alondoloze impilo yakhe; uzambusisa phakathi kwelizwe akasoze amnikele emandleni ezitha zakhe.

The LORD will protect him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

3 UThixo uzamqinisa lanxa elele egula njalo amsilise avuke ekuguleni kwakhe.

The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

4 Ngathi, “Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ngisilisa, ngoba ngonile kuwe.”

I said, "LORD, have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."

5 Izitha zami ziyangigcona zithi, “Uzakufa nini licitshe ibizo lakhe?”

My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

6 Nxa omunye wabo efika ezongibona, ukhuluma kuhle angikhohlise, kodwa enhliziyweni yakhe egaya izibozi; athi angaphuma ahambe esekhihliza ebantwini.

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

7 Bonke abangizondayo banyenyezelana ngami; bangicabangela wonke amanyala besithi,

All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.

8 “Usengenwe ngumkhuhlane omubi; kasoze asile avuke futhi.”

"A wicked thing is poured out on him; and he who lies down will not rise again."

9 Lomngane wami osekhwapheni, ebengimthembile, lowo obesidla lami isinkwa usengihlamukele.

Even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 Kodwa wena, Oh Thixo ake ungihawukele; ake ungivuse ukuze ngibakhawulise.

But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.

11 Ngiyazi ukuthi uyathokoza ngami, ngoba isitha sami kasingehluli.

By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

12 Ubuqotho bami busekelwa nguwe njalo ungimisa phambi kwakho nini lanini.

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

13 Udumo alube kuye uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kusukela nininini kuze kube nininini.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen and amen.