Psalms 35

ElikaDavida.

1Xabana labo, Thixo abaxabana lami;
lwana labo abalwa lami.
2Thatha isihlangu lewisa;
phakama uzongilamulela.
3Phakamisa umkhonto lesijula,
ukuqondise kwabangihlaselayo.
Ngitshela ukuthi,
“Ngiyikusindiswa kwakho.”

4Sengathi labo abazingela impilo yami
bangayangiswa bathelwe ngehlazo;
sengathi labo abazama ukungidiliza
bangabuyiselwa emuva bedumazekile.
5Sengathi bangaba njengamakhoba emoyeni,
ingilosi kaThixo ibe ibadudula ibaxotsha;
6sengathi indlela yabo ingaba mnyama itshelele,
ingilosi kaThixo ibe ibahlezi ezithendeni.

7Ngoba bangithiya ngamambule abo ngingonanga lutho,
baphinda bangembela umgodi kungelasizatho,
8sengathi bangadilizwa belibele
lawomambule abawathiyileyo abahilele,
sengathi bangawela kulowomgodi babhidlizwe.
9Lapho-ke umoya wami uzathokoza kuThixo
ujabule ekusindiseni Kwakhe.
10Mina qobo lwami ngizamemeza ngithi,
“Ngubani onjengawe, Oh Thixo?
Uyabakhulula abahluphekayo kulabo abalamandla kulabo,
abahluphekayo labaswelayo kulabo ababantshontshelayo.”

11Ofakazi bolunya bayangivelela;
bangibuza ngezinto engingazaziyo.
12Bangiphindisela okuhle ngokubi
umphefumulo wami usale usudabukile.
13Ikanti kwathi bona begula ngembatha amasaka
ngazithoba ngazila ukudla.
Kwathi lapho imikhuleko yami ingaphendulwa
14ngaba sesililweni
kwangathi ngililela umngane wami loba umfowethu.
Ngakhothamisa ikhanda lami ngokudabuka
kwangathi ngililela umama.
15Kodwa ngathi sengikhubekile baqwebana bokha insini;
abahlaseli bangihlanganyela ngilibele.
Bangichothoza okungapheliyo.
16Bakloloda ngomona njengabangakholwayo;
bangigedlela amazinyo abo.

17Nkosi, uzakuma ubukele kuze kube nini na?
Yenyula impilo yami ekungilimazeni kwabo,
impilo yami eligugu kulezizilwane.
18Ngizakubonga phakathi komhlangano omkhulu;
ngikudumise ngiphakathi kwamaxuku abantu.
19Ungabayekeli abayizitha zami ngingabonelanga lutho,
bantele phezu kwami.
Ungayekeli labo abangizondayo kungelasizatho,
banginyonkoloze ngomona.
20Kabakhulumi okuqondileyo
kodwa babumba amacala amanga,
ngalabo abaphila ngokuthula elizweni.
21Bangikhamisela imilomo bathi, “Hiya belo!
Sizibonele ngawethu amehlo la.”

22Oh Thixo, usukubonile lokhu; ungathuli.
Ungabi khatshana kwami, Oh Nkosi.
23Vuka, uphakame ungilamulele!
Ngilwela, Nkulunkulu Thixo wami.
24Ngigeza ngokulunga Kwakho,
Thixo, Nkulunkulu wami;
ungabayekeli bantele phezu kwami.
25Ungabayekeli bacabange bathi, “Ehe, yikho ebesikufuna!”
loba bathi, “Sesimginyile.”

26Sengathi bonke abantela ngokuhlupheka kwami
bangathelwa ngehlazo basanganiseke;
sengathi bonke abazikhukhumezayo phezu kwami
bangembeswa ngokuyangeka langehlazo.
27Sengathi labo abathokoza ngokugezwa kwami
bangahalalisa ngentokozo lenjabulo;
sengathi bangatsho kokuphela bathi,
“Makaphakanyiswe uThixo
othokoza ngokuhlala kuhle kwenceku yakhe.”

28Ulimi lwami luzakhuluma ngokulunga Kwakho
langendumiso Yakho ilanga lonke.