Galabgwe mu Ndzimu auli mu kudziyidzika
1 Ibeni ne ngoni kundili Ndzimu, ngobe bathu
banonditshamba nge makumbo;
zhuba lose zwita zonditshambilidza;
2 Zwita zwangu zonditshamba
nge makumbo zhuba lose,
ngobe bunji gogwa nami nge mazwikudzo.
3 Ha nditja,
ndogalabgwe mu muli.
4 Mu Ndzimu, iwo wandinokudza dama lawo,
ndogalabgwe mu Ndzimu ndisina lutjo;
nthu koga ungandishingani wali?
5 Zhuba lose banoshaka kundihwisa zogwadza
mikumbulo yabo ndeye kushaka kundithamila bubi.
6 Banozwikubunganya bakandilalila,
bakalingisisa mayendilo angu,
bezwidwa beti bangapedza butjilo gwangu,
7 ndizo buzuludzani jinyo labo;
mu bushongola gwenyu,
lashilani bathu ibabo pasi, imwi Ndzimu!
8 Makabala kuti ndakaposegwa
yeno na yeno kangana;
longani mishodzi yangu mu butili.
Apa azwizokwagwa mu hwalo
dzenyu dze kusumikilisa kene?
9 Ndizo zwita zwangu zowotizha
mu zhuba landinowodana.
Etji ndoziba kuti malebeswa,
kuti Ndzimu umile nami.
10 Mu Ndzimu, iwo wandinokudza dama lawo,
muna Yahwe, iye wandinokudza dama lile,
11 ndogalabgwe mu Ndzimu ndisina lutjo.
Nthu koga ungandithamani wali?
12 Gadzabgwe kwandakamuthamila ngotuna
ndakafanila kukulondolodza, Ndzimu;
13 Makatjidza meya yangu mu lufu,
ne makumbo angu mu kuwa,
kuti ndizo ndiyende mu mesho e Ndzimu
mu tjedza tje butjilo.
To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9 When I cry unto thee , then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?