Amahubo 108

1 Inhliziyo yami iqinile, Nkulunkulu. Ngizahlabelela ngitshotshe, ngitsho udumo lwami!

“A song or psalm of David.” My heart is firm, O God; I will sing and give praise, even with my spirit.

2 Vukani gubhu lwezintambo lechacho! Ngizavusa ukusa.

Awake, psaltery and harp: I will wake up the morning-dawn.

3 Ngizakudumisa, Nkosi, phakathi kwabantu, ngihlabele indumiso kuwe phakathi kwezizwe.

I will give thee thanks among the people, O Lord: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

4 Ngoba umusa wakho mkhulu phezu kwamazulu, leqiniso lakho lifika emayezini.

For great above the heavens is thy kindness, and thy truth reacheth even unto the skies.

5 Phakama, Nkulunkulu, ngaphezu kwamazulu, lobukhosi bakho phezu komhlaba wonke.

Exalt thyself above the heavens, O God; and above all the earth thy glory.

6 Ukuze abathandekayo bakho bakhululwe; sindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene, ungiphendule.

In order that thy beloved may be delivered: help 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 the valley of Succoth will I measure out.

8 Ngeyami iGileyadi, ngowami uManase, loEfrayimi ungamandla ekhanda lami, uJuda ungumnikumthetho wami.

Mine id Gil'ad, and mine is Menasseh; Ephraim also is the strong-hold of my head; of Judah are my chiefs.

9 UMowabi ungumganu wami wokugezela; phezu kukaEdoma ngizaphosela inyathela lami; phezu kweFilisti ngizamemeza ngokunqoba.

Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.

10 Ngubani ozangisa emzini oqinileyo? Ngubani ozangiholela eEdoma?

Who will bring me into the fortified city? who will lead me as far as Edom?

11 Kawusilahlanga yini, Nkulunkulu; kawuphumanga, Nkulunkulu, lamabutho ethu?

Behold, it is thou, O God, who hast cast us off; and thou, O God, goest not forth with our armies.

12 Siphe usizo ekuhlupheni, ngoba luyize uncedo lomuntu.

Give us help against the assailant; for vain is the help of man.

13 KuNkulunkulu sizakwenza ngobuqhawe, ngoba yena uzanyathelela phansi izitha zethu.

Through God shall we do valiantly; for he it is that will tread down our adversaries.