Amahubo 142

1 Ngakhalela eNkosini ngelizwi lami, ngelizwi lami eNkosini ngancenga.

Maskil to/for David in/on/with to be he in/on/with cave prayer voice my to(wards) LORD to cry out voice my to(wards) LORD be gracious

2 Ngathulula isikhalazo sami phambi kwayo, ngatshengisa ukuhlupheka kwami phambi kwayo.

to pour: pour to/for face: before his complaint my distress my to/for face: before his to tell

3 Lapho umoya wami uphela amandla phakathi kwami, wena wayazi indlela yami. Endleleni engihamba ngayo bangifihlele umjibila.

in/on/with to enfeeble upon me spirit my and you(m. s.) to know path my in/on/with way this to go: walk to hide snare to/for me

4 Khangela ngakwesokunene, ubone, kodwa wayengekho ongaziyo; isiphephelo sangehlula, kakho owakhathalela umphefumulo wami.

to look right and to see: see and nothing to/for me to recognize to perish refuge from me nothing to seek to/for soul my

5 Ngakhalela kuwe, Nkosi, ngathi: Wena uyisiphephelo sami, isabelo sami elizweni labaphilayo.

to cry out to(wards) you LORD to say you(m. s.) refuge my portion my in/on/with land: country/planet [the] alive

6 Lalela ukukhala kwami, ngoba ngehliselwe phansi kakhulu. Ngikhulula kwabangizingelayo, ngoba balamandla kulami.

to listen [emph?] to(wards) cry my for to languish much to rescue me from to pursue me for to strengthen from me

7 Khupha umphefumulo wami entolongweni, ukuze ngidumise ibizo lakho. Abalungileyo bazangibuthanela, ngoba uzangiphatha kuhle kakhulu.

to come out: send [emph?] from locksmith soul: myself my to/for to give thanks [obj] name your in/on/with me to surround righteous for to wean upon me