Amahubo 7
1 Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wami, ngiyathembela kuwe; ngisindisa kubo bonke abangizingelayo, ungikhulule.
A SHIGGAION OF DAVID, THAT HE SUNG TO YHWH CONCERNING THE WORDS OF CUSH, A BENJAMITE. O YHWH, my God, in You I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.
2 Hlezi adabule umphefumulo wami njengesilwane, edabudabula, kungekho okhululayo.
Lest he tear my soul as a lion, Tearing, and there is no deliverer.
3 Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wami, uba ngikwenzile lokhu, uba kukhona okubi ezandleni zami,
O YHWH, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
4 uba ngiphindisele okubi kosekuthuleni lami (kuphela ngaphanga oyisitha sami ngaphandle kwesizatho),
If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw my adversary without cause,
5 isitha kasizingele umphefumulo wami, siwufice, siyinyathelele impilo yami emhlabathini, senze udumo lwami luhlale ethulini. (Sela)
[Then] an enemy pursues my soul, and overtakes, And treads down my life to the earth, And places my glory in the dust. (Selah)
6 Vuka, Nkosi, ngolaka lwakho, ziphakamise ngenxa yentukuthelo yezitha zami; vuka ungimele; ulayile isahlulelo.
Rise, O YHWH, in Your anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of my adversaries, And awake Yourself for me: You have commanded judgment.
7 Ngakho inhlangano yezizwe izakuhanqa; buya ngaphezulu phezu kwayo.
And a congregation of peoples surround You, And over it turn back on high.
8 INkosi izakwahlulela izizwe. Ngahlulela, Nkosi, njengokulunga kwami lanjengobuqotho bami obukimi.
YHWH judges the peoples; Judge me, O YHWH, According to my righteousness, And according to my integrity [that is] on me.
9 Ake buphele ububi bababi, kodwa umqinise olungileyo, ngoba ohlola inhliziyo lezinso nguNkulunkulu olungileyo.
Please let the evil of the wicked be ended, And establish the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
10 Isihlangu sami sikuNkulunkulu osindisa abaqotho enhliziyweni.
My shield [is] on God, Savior of the upright in heart!
11 UNkulunkulu ngumahluleli olungileyo, njalo nguNkulunkulu othukuthelela omubi insuku zonke.
God [is] judging right, And He is not angry at all times.
12 Uba engaphenduki, uzalola inkemba yakhe; useligobile idandili lakhe walilungisa.
If [one] does not turn, He sharpens His sword, He has bent His bow [and] He prepares it,
13 Usemlungisele izikhali zokufa, wenzela abazingeli imitshoko yakhe etshisayo.
Indeed, He has prepared for Himself Instruments of death, He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.
14 Khangela, uhelelwa ngobubi, akhulelwe yikona, azale amanga.
Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, And he has conceived perverseness, And has brought forth falsehood.
15 Agebhe umgodi awugubhe, abesewela egodini alenzileyo.
He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, And he falls into a ditch he makes.
16 Ububi bakhe buzabuyela phezu kwekhanda lakhe, lodlame lwakhe lwehlele enkanda yakhe.
His perverseness returns on his head, And his violence comes down on his crown.
17 Ngizayidumisa iNkosi njengokulunga kwayo, ngihlabelele ibizo leNkosi ephezu konke.
I thank YHWH, According to His righteousness, And I praise the Name of YHWH Most High!
