Isikhalazo somntu osengxakini

Kumbhexeshi-kwayara; umhobe kaDavide.

1 Thixo wam endimncomayo,

ngani ukuba uthi cwaka,

2 ndimangalelwa nje zizikhohlakali namaxoki?

Kaloku bona bandirhintyela ngobuxoki;

3 bathetha izinto ezimasikizi ngam;

bandihlasela ndingenzanga nto.

4 Ndandibathanda ndibathandazela,

kodwa bandibuyekeza ngokundityhola.

5 Ukulunga kwam bakubuyekeza ngobubi;

uthando lwam balubuyekeza ngentiyo.

6 Mmisele isibhoja lo mfo;

misa ofana naye ematyaleni.

7 Ematyaleni makafunyaniswe onile,

nomthandazo wakhe mawumgwebe.

8 Imihla yakhe mayinqanyulwe;

indawo yakhe mayithathwe ngomnye.

9 Abantwana bakhe mababe ziinkedama,

umfazi wakhe abe ngumhlolokazi.

10 Abantwana bakhe mababe zizibhadu-bhadu ezingqibayo;

mabajikeleze bazingele ukutya nasemabhodlweni.

11 Ombamba ulutho wanga angamthimba;

amandla akhe makaxhatshazwe ngabasemzini.

12 Ngamana akungebikho bani uvelana naye,

angabikho ozisizelayo ezo nkedama.

13 Ngamana yaphanza nenzala yakhe,

igama lakhe lingaphindi likhankanywe.

14 Ngamana wabuxhiba *uNdikhoyo ububi booyise,

buhlale phambi kwakhe nobubi bukanina.

15 Ngamana wabugcina njalo uNdikhoyo obu bubi;

igama lakhe malicime kuthi tu emhlabeni.

16 Kaloku lo mntu zange abakhathalele abahlelekileyo nabaxakekileyo,

koko wabadobelela abacinezelwa.

17 Wayengumqalekisi, naye ke makaqalekiswe;

zange athamsanqele, naye ke makangakuzuzi.

18 Ukuqalekisa wayekunxiba njengempahla:

makuthi nca emzimbeni njengamanzi;

makugqobhozele emathanjeni njengamafutha.

19 Ewe, makube njengengubo ayambathayo;

mihla le makube yibhanti ayibhinqayo.

20 Ndikhoyo, esi mayibe sisohlwayo sâbo bandimangalelayo,

abo bathetha kakubi ngam.

21 Kodwa ke, Mhlekazi Ndikhoyo,

ndivelele ngenxa yegama lakho;

ndihlangule ngenxa yezibele zakho.

22 Kaloku ndihlelelekile, ndixakekile;

futhi ke ndixhelekile.

23 Ndithe shwaka ngokwesithunzi samarhatya;

ndivuthuluke ngokwesinambuzane.

24 Nditsho ndanengevane kukungatyi;

andibhityanga, ndingumcinga!

25 Iintshaba zam ziphoxisa ngam;

zakundibona zihlunguzel’ intloko.

26 Khawundincede, Ndikhoyo Thixo wam;

ndisindise ngokwezo zibele zakho!

27 Khawubethe baqonde ukuba nguwe lo,

nguwe ondihlangulayo, Ndikhoyo.

28 Mabathi bendiqalekisa nje, ube wena undithamsanqela;

bathi ntimfa ngehlazo abo bandihlaselayo.

Mna ke sicaka mandiphuphume yimincili.

29 Abandimangalelayo mabavathe ihlazo;

ewe, mabalithi wambu oku komnweba.

30 Ndiya kubhomboloza ndidumisa uNdikhoyo;

ndiya kumncoma phakathi kwezihlwele;

31 kuba yena uyamxhasa ohlelelekileyo,

amhlangule kwabo bamsingela phantsi.