Amahubo 36
1 Kulenkulumo yesiphambeko kokhohlakeleyo; ngaphakathi kwenhliziyo yami ngathi: Kakukho ukwesaba uNkulunkulu phambi kwamehlo akhe.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 Ngoba uyazikhohlisa emehlweni akhe, ububi bakhe buze butholakale buzondeka.
For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
3 Amazwi omlomo wakhe ayibubi lenkohliso; uyekele inhlakanipho ukwenza okuhle.
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
4 Uceba okubi embhedeni wakhe, azimise endleleni engalunganga, kakwali okubi.
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
5 Nkosi, umusa wakho usemazulwini, uthembeko lwakho luze lufike emayezini.
Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
6 Ukulunga kwakho kunjengezintaba zikaNkulunkulu, izahlulelo zakho ziyinziki enkulu; uyalondoloza umuntu lenyamazana, Nkosi.
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
7 Luligugu kangakanani uthandolomusa wakho, Nkulunkulu! Ngakho abantwana babantu baphephela emthunzini wempiko zakho.
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
8 Bazasutha kakhulu ngamanono endlu yakho, ubanathise okomfula wentokozo yakho.
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
9 Ngoba ukuwe umthombo wempilo; ekukhanyeni kwakho sizabona ukukhanya.
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
10 Luqhubele phambili uthandolomusa wakho kulabo abakwaziyo, lokulunga kwakho kubo abaqotho enhliziyweni.
Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Unyawo lwabazigqajayo lungezi kimi, lesandla sababi singangixotshi.
Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 Nampo abenzi bobubi sebewile, bawiselwe phansi, kabalakuvuka.
There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
