Amahubo 9
1 Ngizakudumisa, Nkosi, ngenhliziyo yami yonke, ngilandise zonke izimangaliso zakho.
[For the choir director; according to Muth-labben. A Psalm by David.] I will give thanks to Jehovah with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
2 Ngizathaba ngithokoze kuwe, ngihlabele indumiso ebizweni lakho, wena oPhezukonke.
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
3 Lapho izitha zami zibuyela emuva, zizakuwa, zibhubhe phambi kwakho.
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
4 Ngoba ulimele ilungelo lami lodaba lwami, wahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi, wahlulela ngokulungileyo.
For you have upheld my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
5 Uzikhuzile izizwe, wabhubhisa omubi; walesula ibizo labo kuze kube nini lanini.
You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 Izitha ziphelile, izincithakalo eziphakade; uyidilizile imizi; ukukhunjulwa kwabo kubhubhe kanye labo.
The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin; and the very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
7 Kodwa iNkosi izahlala kuze kube phakade, isihlalo sayo sobukhosi isilungisele isahlulelo.
But Jehovah reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
8 Yona-ke izawahlulela umhlaba ngokulunga, ibagwebe abantu ngokuqonda.
And he will judge the world in righteousness. He will judge the peoples with equity.
9 Njalo iNkosi izakuba yisiphephelo socindezelweyo, isiphephelo ngezikhathi zokuhlupheka.
Jehovah will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Labalaziyo ibizo lakho bazathemba kuwe, ngoba wena Nkosi, kawubatshiyanga abakudingayo.
And those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Hlabelani indumiso eNkosini ehlezi eZiyoni, limemezele phakathi kwabantu izenzo zayo.
Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.
12 Nxa idinga igazi, iyabakhumbula, kayikhohlwa ukukhala kwabahlutshwayo.
For he who takes revenge against murderers remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 Woba lomusa kimi, Nkosi, ubone uhlupho lwami oluvela kwabangizondayo, wena ongiphakamisayo emasangweni okufa,
Have mercy on me, Jehovah. See my affliction by those who hate me. You lift me up from the gates of death,
14 ukuze ngilandise yonke indumiso yakho emasangweni endodakazi yeZiyoni, ngithokoze kusindiso lwakho.
so that I may tell all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in your salvation.
15 Izizwe zitshone emgodini ezawenzayo, embuleni ezalithiyayo unyawo lwazo lubanjiwe.
The nations have fallen into the pit they had made. In the net which they hid, their feet are caught.
16 INkosi izazisile, yenza isahlulelo; omubi uthiywe emsebenzini wezandla zakhe. Higayoni. (Sela)
Jehovah has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. (Higgaion, Selah)
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. (Sheol h7585)
18 Ngoba oswelayo kayikukhohlakala kokuphela; ithemba labayanga kaliyikunyamalala phakade.
For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Vuka, Nkosi, umuntu kanganqobi; izizwe kazigwetshwe phambi kwakho.
Arise, Jehovah. Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Zitshayise ngovalo, Nkosi, izizwe kazikwazi ukuthi zingabantu nje. (Sela)
Terrify them, Jehovah. Let the nations know that they are only human. (Selah)
