A Psalm of David.
1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Ntembezelo unokumbila bhatsho
1 Ndodana imwi Yahwe, shongwe yangu,
musilambe kundihwa.
Ha mungandinyalalila,
ndowonga ibabo banongina mu gomba.
2 Ihwani tjililo tjangu,
ndililila kumuli ndishaka bhatsho,
ndimilidzila maboko
ku bugalo gwenyu gwakayengemala.
3 Musindikakatile kuzhe ne babi,
na ibabo bashingi be bubi,
banoleba kunyalala ne babakidzani babo,
koga mu mimoyo yabo kuna busada.
4 Mubalipe kuyendidzana ne mishingo yabo,
kuyendidzane ne mbipo ye mishingo yabo.
Mubalipe kuyendidzana ne mishingo ye maboko abo.
Mubape mbhayilo wakabalingisana.
5 Ngobe abana hanya nge mishingo ya Yahwe,
kene mishingo ye maboko abo,
banowobalobesa bakasitjababumbe kakale.
6 Yahwe ngabakudziwe,
ngobe bakahwa kukumbila kwangu.
7 Yahwe ndibo simba langu ne tjivikili tjangu,
moyo wangu unogalabgwe mu bali.
Ndizo ndobhatshiwa ne moyo wangu wakashatha,
ndobakudza nge lumbo gwangu gwe kuboka.
8 Yahwe ndibo simba le bathu babo,
ndilo dizhilo linotjidza nzhodziwa wabo.
9 Tjidzani bathu benyu,
kombolelani thaka yenyu.
Ibeni nlisi wabo, mubabhabhe nge kusingapele.