Amahubo 130

1 Ngisenzikini ngakhalela kuwe, Nkosi.

A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

2 Nkosi, zwana ilizwi lami, indlebe zakho zilalele ilizwi lokuncenga kwami.

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

3 Uba wena, Nkosi, uqaphela iziphambeko, Nkosi, ngubani ongema?

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

4 Kodwa kuwe kulothethelelo, ukuze wesatshwe.

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

5 Ngiyilindele iNkosi, umphefumulo wami ulindile, lelizwini layo ngiyathemba.

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

6 Umphefumulo wami ulindela iNkosi okwedlula abalindele ukusa, belindele ukusa.

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

7 UIsrayeli kathembele eNkosini; ngoba eNkosini kulothandolomusa, njalo kuyo kulohlengo olunengi.

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

8 Yona-ke izahlenga uIsrayeli kuzo zonke iziphambeko zakhe.

And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.