Hope in Suffering

¹Ngingumuntu obone ukuhlupheka ngentonga yentukuthelo yakhe.

²Ungiholile, wangihambisa ebumnyameni, kungesikho ekukhanyeni.

³Impela uyangiphendulela isandla sakhe ephinda njalo zonke izinsuku.

⁴Ugugisile inyama yami nesikhumba sami, waphula amathambo ami.

⁵Ungakhele, wangihaqa ngenyongo nangokushikashikeka.

⁶Ungihlalisile ebumnyameni njengabakade bafa.

⁷Ungibiyele ukuze ngingaphumi, wenza amaketanga ami ukuba asinde.

⁸Nalapho ngikhala ngicela ukusindiswa, uyavalela umkhuleko wami.

⁹Ubiyele izindlela zami ngamatshe abaziweyo, wagwegwisa imikhondo yami.

¹⁰Ukimi njengebhere eliqamekelayo nengonyama ezindaweni ezisithekileyo.

¹¹Wachezukisa izindlela zami, wangidwengula, wangenza incithakalo.

¹²Wansala umnsalo wakhe, wangimisa ngibe yisigcibisholo somcibisholo.

¹³Wahlaba izinso zami ngemicibisholo yesambo sakhe.

¹⁴Sengingohlekwayo kubantu bonke, ngihaywa usuku lonke.

¹⁵Wangisuthisa ngokubabayo, wangigcwalisa ngomhlonyane.

¹⁶Waphula amazinyo ami ngohlalwane, wangembesa umlotha.

¹⁷Walahla kude nokuthula umphefumulo wami, ngakhohlwa inhlanhla.

¹⁸Ngathi: “Amandla ami nethemba lami kuJehova kuphelile.”

¹⁹Khumbula ukuhlupheka kwami nosizi lwami, umhlonyane nenyongo.

²⁰Umphefumulo wami uyakukhumbula nokukukhumbula, uthobile phakathi kwami.

²¹Kepha yilokhu engiyakukubuyisela enhliziyweni yami, ngalokho nginethemba:

²²ngumusa kaJehova ukuthi asiqediwe, ngokuba ububele bakhe abupheli.

²³Busha ekuseni njalo; ukuthembeka kwakho kukhulu.

²⁴UJehova uyisabelo sami, usho umphefumulo wami; ngakho ngiyakwethemba kuye.

²⁵UJehova muhle kwabamethembayo, kumphefumulo omfunayo.

²⁶Kuhle ukumethemba nokulindela ngokuthula ukusindisa kukaJehova.

²⁷Kuhle kumuntu ukuba athwale ijoka ebusheni bakhe.

²⁸Makahlale yedwa, athule, lapho emthwesa lona.

²⁹Makabeke umlomo wakhe othulini; mhlawumbe kungaba khona ithemba.

³⁰Makanike isihlathi sakhe komshayayo, asuthe ngenhlamba.

³¹Ngokuba uJehova akayikulahla kuze kube phakade.

³²Ngokuba noma edabukisile, uyakuhawukela nokho ngokobukhulu bomusa wakhe.

³³Ngokuba akahluphi, angadabukisi abantwana babantu ngenxa yokuba ekuthanda.

³⁴Ukuphahlaza phansi kwezinyawo zonke iziboshwa zasemhlabeni,

³⁵nokuchezukisa imfanelo yomuntu phambi kobuso boPhezukonke,

³⁶nokona umuntu ecaleni lakhe, iNkosi ayikuboni lokhu na?

³⁷Kwasho ubani, kwenzakala, iNkosi ingakuyalelanga, na?

³⁸Akuphumi okuhle nokubi emlonyeni woPhezukonke na?

³⁹Ukhononelani umuntu ophilayo, umuntu ojeziswa ngezono zakhe, na?

⁴⁰Masiphenye, sicinge izindlela zethu, sibuyele kuJehova.

⁴¹Masiphakamise izinhliziyo zethu kanye nezandla zethu kuNkulunkulu ezulwini.

⁴²Siphambukile, sahlubuka; wena awukuyekelanga.

⁴³Wazembesa ulaka, wasixosha, wabulala, ungahawukelanga.

⁴⁴Wazembesa ifu, ukuze imikhuleko yethu ingafinyeleli.

⁴⁵Usenze umphucuzo nemfucumfucu phakathi kwabantu.

⁴⁶Zonke izitha zethu zisikhamisele imilomo yazo.

⁴⁷Uvalo nomgodi kusehlele, ukubhujiswa nokuchithwa.

⁴⁸Iso lami liyamululeka imifula yamanzi ngenxa yokuchithwa kwendodakazi yabantu bami.

⁴⁹Iso lami liyamululeka, alinqamuki; akukho ukukhawuka,

⁵⁰aze abheke uJehova, abone esezulwini.

⁵¹Iso lami lenza umphefumulo wami ube buhlungu ngenxa yawo onke amadodakazi omuzi wakithi.

⁵²Abayizitha zami ngeze bangizingele nokungizingela njengenyoni.

⁵³Banqume ukuphila kwami emgodini, bangiphonsa ngetshe.

⁵⁴Amanzi aminzisa ikhanda lami. Ngathi: “Nginqunyiwe.”

⁵⁵Ngalibiza igama lakho, Jehova, ngisemgodini phansi.

⁵⁶Wezwa izwi lami; ungasithezi indlebe yakho lapho ngikhalela ukusizwa.

⁵⁷Wasondela ngosuku lokubiza kwami, wathi: “Ungesabi.”

⁵⁸Nkosi, umela indaba yomphefumulo wami, uyahlenga ukuphila kwami.

⁵⁹Jehova, uyabona ukoniwa kwami; thetha indaba yami.

⁶⁰Uyabona konke ukuphindisa kwabo nawo onke amacebo abo ngami.

⁶¹Uyezwa inhlamba yabo, Jehova, nawo onke amacebo abo ngami,

⁶²izindebe zabangivukeleyo nemicabango yabo ngami izinsuku zonke.

⁶³Bheka ukuhlala kwabo nokuvuka kwabo; ngihaywa yibo.

⁶⁴Uyakubaphindisela, Jehova, ngokwemisebenzi yezandla zabo.

⁶⁵Uyakubanika isimbozo senhliziyo, isiqalekiso sakho sibe phezu kwabo.

⁶⁶Uyakubaxosha ngentukuthelo, ubabhubhise, bangabe besaba khona phansi kwezulu likaJehova.