Thanksgiving to God for His Justice
1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the wonderful things you have done.
2 I will sing with joy because of you.
I will sing praise to you, Almighty God.
3 My enemies turn back when you appear;
they fall down and die.
4 You are fair and honest in your judgments,
and you have judged in my favor.
5 You have condemned the heathen
and destroyed the wicked;
they will be remembered no more.
6 Our enemies are finished forever;
you have destroyed their cities,
and they are completely forgotten.
7 But the Lord is king forever;
he has set up his throne for judgment.
8 He rules the world with righteousness;
he judges the nations with justice.
9 The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a place of safety in times of trouble.
10 Those who know you, Lord, will trust you;
you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.
11 Sing praise to the Lord, who rules in Zion!
Tell every nation what he has done!
12 God remembers those who suffer;
he does not forget their cry,
and he punishes those who wrong them.
13 Be merciful to me, O Lord!
See the sufferings my enemies cause me!
Rescue me from death, O Lord,
14 that I may stand before the people of Jerusalem
and tell them all the things for which I praise you.
I will rejoice because you saved me.
15 The heathen have dug a pit and fallen in;
they have been caught in their own trap.
16 The Lord has revealed himself by his righteous judgments,
and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.
17 Death is the destiny of all the wicked,
of all those who reject God.
18 The needy will not always be neglected;
the hope of the poor will not be crushed forever.
19 Come, Lord! Do not let anyone defy you!
Bring the heathen before you
and pronounce judgment on them.
20 Make them afraid, O Lord;
make them know that they are only mortal beings.
Simba le Ndzimu ne ndulamo yawo
1 Ndowokudza Yahwe nge moyo wangu wose
ndowoleba ngekwe mishingo
yenyu yose inotjenamisa!
2 Ndowoshatha apembela nge kwenyu,
Ndowomba njimbo dzinokudza
zina lenyu imwi mu Pezhugwi zhugwi.
3 Zwita zwangu zowoti zwishanduka,
zwikakuthiwa zwikaloba mbeli kwenyu.
4 Ngoti malakidza kutambunuka kwangu,
mukagala tjigalo tjenyu tje bushe
mukasumikilisa nge ndulamo.
5 Makatjemela zwitjaba,
mukalobesa babi,
mukabukusha mazina abo tjose.
6 Zwita azwitjipo,
makakolomodza mizi yazo yabe matongo,
abatowotjaalakang'wa kakale.
7 Koga Yahwe banobusa nge kusingapele,
bakalulwamisila tjigalo tjabo
tje bushe kusumikilisa.
8 Banosumikilisa shango nge ndulamo,
banolaula njudzi nge ndulamo.
9 Yahwe i dizhilo le bakatshambilidziwa,
i dizhilo lakasima mu misi ye manikano.
10 Ibabo banoziba zina lenyu
banogalabgwe mu muli.
Ngobe Yahwe,
amutolasha banomushaka!
11 Mbilani Yahwe njimbo dzinokudza,
ibo banobusa mu Ziyoni,
budzani njudzi mishingo yabo.
12 Ngoti Ndzimu unobgwilizila lopa
latebugwa unobakumbula,
abatokangang'wa tjililo tje banodziyidziwa.
13 Ibeni nge ngoni mu ndili Yahwe!
Bonani sekwandinodziyidziwa nge bakandibenga,
imwi munondimilidza kudwa mu mikoba ye lufu,
14 kuti ndizo ndilebe ngekwe gudzo lenyu
pa mikoba ye Nkololokadzi we Ziyoni,
ndishathe mu jidzo lenyu.
15 Zwitjaba zwakawila mu gomba lazwakatsha.
Makumbo abo akabhakhwa nge gwanga
gwabakateya ibo zwabo!
16 Yahwe banozibika
nge kusumikilisa kwabo nge ndulamo.
Babi bakabhatshigwa
nge mishingo ye maboko abo.
17 Bhelelo le babi bugalo gwe bafi,
zose zwitjaba zwinokangang'wa Ndzimu.
18 Basheti abatowokanganika misi yose,
ne kugalabgwe kwe bashayi
akungabalashikile tjose.
19 Milikani Yahwe!
Musiletje bathu bakamukunda,
zwitjaba ngazwisumikilisiwe mbeli kwenyu!
20 Mubatjise Yahwe,
zibisani zwitjaba kuti zwibathu koga!