Amahubo 54

1 Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Kutshaywa iziginci. Ihubo likaDavida. Lapho amaZifi aya kuSawuli afika athi, “Kanti uDavida kacatshanga yini phakathi kwethu?” Ngisindisa, awu Nkulunkulu, ngebizo lakho; ngigeza ecaleni ngamandla akho.

to/for to conduct in/on/with music Maskil to/for David in/on/with to come (in): come [the] Ziphite and to say to/for Saul not David to hide with us God in/on/with name your to save me and in/on/with might your to judge me

2 Zwana umkhuleko wami, Oh Nkulunkulu; lalela amazwi omlomo wami.

God to hear: hear prayer my to listen [emph?] to/for word lip my

3 Ngihlaselwa ngabantu engingabaziyo; izikliwi zifuna impilo yami abantu abangamnanzanga uNkulunkulu.

for be a stranger to arise: attack upon me and ruthless to seek soul: life my not to set: make God to/for before them (Selah)

4 Ngeqiniso uNkulunkulu ulusizo lwami; uThixo nguye ongisizayo.

behold God to help to/for me Lord in/on/with to support soul: life my

5 Akuthi ububi bubuyele phezu kwalabo abangigconayo; ngokuthembeka kwakho babhubhise.

(to return: rescue *Q(K)*) [the] bad: evil to/for enemy my in/on/with truth: faithful your to destroy them

6 Ngizakwenzela umhlatshelo owomnikelo wokuzithandela; ngizalidumisa ibizo lakho, Thixo, ngoba lihle.

in/on/with voluntariness to sacrifice to/for you to give thanks name your LORD for be pleasing

7 Ngoba ingikhulule kuzozonke inhlupheko zami, lamehlo ami akubonile ukunqotshwa kwezitha zami.

for from all distress to rescue me and in/on/with enemy my to see: see eye my