Amahubo
71:1 Ngiyethemba kuwe, O Jehova;
71:2 Ngikhulule ngokulunga kwakho, futhi ungenze ngiphunyuke, thambekisa yakho
indlebe kimi, ungisindise.
71:3 Yiba yindlu yami eqinile, lapho ngiyohlala ngiphendukela
unikile umyalo wokungisindisa; ngokuba wena uyidwala lami nenqaba yami.
71:4 Ngikhulule, O Nkulunkulu wami, esandleni somubi, esandleni somubi
umuntu ongalungile nononya.
71:5 Ngoba wena uyithemba lami, O Nkosi Nkulunkulu, ithemba lami kusukela ebusheni bami.
71:6 Ngasekelwa nguwe kusukela esizalweni, wena owangithatha
ezibilinini zikamame: ukudumisa kwami kuyakuba ngawe njalo.
71:7 Nginjengesimangaliso kwabaningi; kepha wena uyisiphephelo sami esinamandla.
71:8 Umlomo wami mawugcwale indumiso yakho nodumo lwakho usuku lonke.
71:9 Ungangilahli esikhathini sokuguga; ungangishiyi lapho amandla ami
uyehluleka.
71:10 Ngoba izitha zami zikhuluma ngokumelene nami; nabaqamekela umphefumulo wami
cebisanani,
71:11 Ethi: "UNkulunkulu umshiyile. ngoba kakho
ukumkhulula.
71:12 O Nkulunkulu, ungabi kude nami: O Nkulunkulu wami, shesha ungisize.
71:13 Mabajabhe futhi baqedwe, labo abamelene nomphefumulo wami; vumela
basithwe ihlazo nehlazo abafuna ukungilimaza.
71:14 Kodwa mina ngiyothembela njalo, futhi ngisazoqhubeka ukudumisa wena kakhulu.
71:15 Umlomo wami uyoshumayela ukulunga kwakho nensindiso yakho yonke
usuku; ngoba kangizazi izinombolo zakho.
71:16 Ngizohamba ngamandla eNkosi uJehova
ukulunga, okwakho wedwa.
71:17 O Nkulunkulu, ungifundisile kusukela ebusheni bami, futhi kuze kube manje ngimemezele
izimangaliso zakho.
71:18 Manje futhi lapho sengimdala futhi impunga, O Nkulunkulu, ungangishiyi. ngize ngi
ubonakalisile amandla akho kulesi sizukulwane, namandla akho kubo bonke
lowo ozayo.
71:19 Ukulunga kwakho, O Nkulunkulu, kuphakeme kakhulu, wena owenze izinto ezinkulu.
O Nkulunkulu, ngubani onjengawe!
71:20 Wena, oye wangibonisa izinkathazo ezinkulu nezibuhlungu, uzongiphilisa
futhi, futhi uyongikhuphula futhi ekujuleni komhlaba.
71:21 Uyakwandisa ubukhulu bami, futhi ungiduduze nxazonke.
71:22 Futhi ngizokudumisa ngogubhu, futhi iqiniso lakho, O Nkulunkulu wami.
ngizakuhlabelela ngehabhu, wena oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
71:23 Izindebe zami ziyojabula kakhulu lapho ngihlabelela kuwe; nomphefumulo wami, lokho
uhlengile.
71:24 Ulimi lwami luyokhuluma ngokulunga kwakho usuku lonke
bajabhile, ngokuba bajabhile abafuna ukungilimaza.