< Amahubo 108 >

1 Inhliziyo yami iqinile, Nkulunkulu. Ngizahlabelela ngitshotshe, ngitsho udumo lwami!
A Song, a Psalm of David. My heart is fixed, O God: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms, even [with] my glory.
2 Vukani gubhu lwezintambo lechacho! Ngizavusa ukusa.
Awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.
3 Ngizakudumisa, Nkosi, phakathi kwabantu, ngihlabele indumiso kuwe phakathi kwezizwe.
I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Jehovah; of thee will I sing psalms among the nations:
4 Ngoba umusa wakho mkhulu phezu kwamazulu, leqiniso lakho lifika emayezini.
For thy loving-kindness is great above the heavens, and thy truth is unto the clouds.
5 Phakama, Nkulunkulu, ngaphezu kwamazulu, lobukhosi bakho phezu komhlaba wonke.
Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, and thy glory above all the earth.
6 Ukuze abathandekayo bakho bakhululwe; sindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene, ungiphendule.
That thy beloved ones may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
7 UNkulunkulu ukhulumile ebungcweleni bakhe. Ngizathaba, ngiyabe iShekema, ngilinganise isihotsha seSukothi.
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 Ngeyami iGileyadi, ngowami uManase, loEfrayimi ungamandla ekhanda lami, uJuda ungumnikumthetho wami.
Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;
9 UMowabi ungumganu wami wokugezela; phezu kukaEdoma ngizaphosela inyathela lami; phezu kweFilisti ngizamemeza ngokunqoba.
Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; over Philistia will I shout aloud.
10 Ngubani ozangisa emzini oqinileyo? Ngubani ozangiholela eEdoma?
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me unto Edom?
11 Kawusilahlanga yini, Nkulunkulu; kawuphumanga, Nkulunkulu, lamabutho ethu?
[Wilt] not [thou], O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies?
12 Siphe usizo ekuhlupheni, ngoba luyize uncedo lomuntu.
Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
13 KuNkulunkulu sizakwenza ngobuqhawe, ngoba yena uzanyathelela phansi izitha zethu.
Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.

< Amahubo 108 >