Amahubo
31:1 Ngiyethemba kuwe, O Jehova; mangingajabhi nanini; ngikhulule
ngokulunga kwakho.
31:2 Beka indlebe yakho kimi; ngikhulule masinyane; yiba yidwala lami elinamandla;
kube yindlu yesivikelo ukungisindisa.
31:3 Ngoba wena uyidwala lami nenqaba yami; ngakho-ke ngenxa yegama lakho hola
kimi, futhi ungiqondise.
31:4 Ngikhiphe enetheni abangibekele lona ngasese, ngokuba wena
amandla ami.
31:5 Esandleni sakho ngiyawubeka umoya wami; ungihlengile, Jehova Nkulunkulu wezulu.
iqiniso.
31:6 Ngiyabazonda labo abahlonipha okuyize zamanga, kodwa mina ngithembele kuJehova.
31:7 Ngiyojabula futhi ngethabe ngomusa wakho, ngoba uye waqaphela yami
inkathazo; wazi umphefumulo wami ebunzimeni;
31:8 Futhi awungivalelanga esandleni sesitha, futhi ubeke yami
izinyawo ekamelweni elikhulu.
31:9 Yiba nomusa kimi, O Jehova, ngoba ngisebunzimeni, iso lami liyaphela
ngosizi, yebo, umphefumulo wami kanye nesisu sami.
31:10 Ngoba ukuphila kwami sekuphelile ngosizi, futhi iminyaka yami ngokububula: amandla ami
ayaphela ngenxa yobubi bami, namathambo ami ayaphela.
31:11 Ngangiyisihlamba phakathi kwazo zonke izitha zami, kodwa ikakhulukazi phakathi kwami
omakhelwane, nokwesaba kwabazana nami, abangibonayo
ngaphandle wangibalekela.
31:12 Ngikhohliwe njengomuntu ofile ngaphandle engqondweni: Nginjengesitsha esiphukile.
31:13 Ngoba ngizwile inhlebo yabaningi: ukwesaba kwakukhona nxazonke
bacebisana ngami, baceba ukususa umphefumulo wami.
31:14 Kodwa mina ngithembele kuwe, O Jehova, Ngathi: "Wena unguNkulunkulu wami."
31:15 Izikhathi zami zisesandleni sakho: ngikhulule esandleni sezitha zami, futhi
kwabangizingelayo.
31:16 Khanyisa ubuso bakho phezu kwenceku yakho, ngisindise ngenxa yomusa wakho.
31:17 Mangingabi namahloni, O Jehova; ngoba ngibizile kuwe;
ababi mabajabhe, bathule endaweni yabafileyo.
31:18 Izindebe zamanga mazithuliswe; ezikhuluma izinto ezibuhlungu
ngokuziqhenya nangokudelela kwabalungileyo.
31:19 Oh, yeka ubukhulu ubuhle bakho, oyibekele labo abesabayo
wena; obenzele abathembela kuwe phambi kukaJehova
amadodana abantu!
31:20 Uyobafihla kubo ekusithekeni kobuso bakho kusukela ekuziqhenyeni
umuntu: uyakubagcina ngasese etendeni bangangeni ekulweni
izilimi.
31:21 Makabongwe uJehova, ngokuba ungenzele umusa wakhe omangalisayo ezweni.
idolobha eliqinile.
31:22 Ngoba ngithe ekuphuthumeni kwami, Nginqunyiwe phambi kwamehlo akho.
nokho walizwa izwi lokunxusa kwami lapho ngikhala
kuwe.
31:23 Thandani uJehova, nonke nina bangcwele bakhe, ngoba uJehova uyalondoloza
uthembekile, umvuza kakhulu ozidlayo.
31:24 Yiba nesibindi, futhi uyoqinisa inhliziyo yakho, nonke nina enithemba
kuJehova.