To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see me , he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it .
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8 An evil disease, say they , cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
Ntembezelo mu kugwala
1 Iye unokumbula bashayi wakakombolegwa,
Yahwe banonsunungula mu nsi we mbatsha.
2 Yahwe banontjengeta bakantjidza.
Unodang'wa wakakombolegwa.
Amutonletjedzela kuda kwe zwita zwizwe.
3 Yahwe banonsimisa ha ali mu thobo dzinopisa.
Mompodza mu kugwala kukwe mukansimisa.
4 Nge kwangu imi ndakati,
“Yahwe, mundihwile ngoni
mundipodze, ngoti ndakamutjinyila.”
5 Zwita zwangu nge yemula mbiimbi zoti nge kwangu,
“Unowofa lini zina lile likatongokanganika?”
6 Koga ha mmwe ezha kuwondibona,
unoleba matama asina tjaanodwa,
mu moyo uwe ekubunganya zwakabipa.
Ha ebhudila kuzhe unozwiandamisa.
7 Bose bakandibenga banondiseba,
banokumbula kuti ndowowigwa ne zwakabipisisa.
8 Beti tjithu tjinobulaya tjakandinamatila,
aatjowomuka kakale paalele.
9 Naiye nzwalani wangu nkulu
wandakabe ndigalabgwe munli,
iye watakabe tija tjiwunga tjangu tose,
wakatjindishandukila.
10 Koga imwi, Yahwe, ibeni ne ngoni nami
mundimilidze kuti ndibabgwilizile.
11 Ndiyeyo zila ndowoziba kuti moshathiswa ndimi,
ngoti tjita tjangu atjizondikunda.
12 Koga makandisimisa nge zila yekutambunuka kwangu,
mukandigadza pa muli nge kusingapele.
13 Ngabakudziwe Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela,
kudwa ntolo kunoti ne kusingapele kose.
Ngakujalo Ngakujalo.