Prayer for Protection

¹Umkhuleko kaDavide. Yizwa ukulunga, Jehova, ulalele ukukhala kwami, ubeke indlebe emkhulekweni wami ophuma ezindebeni ezingenankohliso.

²Ukwahlulelwa kwami makuvele ebusweni bakho; amehlo akho mawabheke okulungileyo.

³Uyalinga inhliziyo yami; ungihambele ebusuku, uyangihlolisisa, awufumani lutho; ngiyahlosa ukuba umlomo wami ungaphambuki.

⁴Emisebenzini yabantu ngiyazilinda, ezindleleni zezidlova ngezwi lezindebe zakho.

⁵Izinyathelo zami zinamathela ezinyaweni zakho, izinyawo zami azisheleli.

⁶Ngikhala kuwe, ngokuba uyangizwa, Nkulunkulu; beka indlebe yakho kimi, uzwe izwi lami.

⁷Bonakalisa isihe sakho esimangalisayo wena osindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene labo abaphephela kuwe kwababahlaselayo.

⁸Ngigcine njengenhlamvu yeso, ungisithe ethunzini lamaphiko akho

⁹kubo ababi abangilimazayo, kuzo izitha zokuphila kwami ezingihaqileyo.

¹⁰Bavalelwe ngamanoni abo, bakhuluma ngokuzidla ngomlomo wabo.

¹¹Noma siyaphi, bayangizungeza; amehlo abo bawabhekisa kukho ukungiwisa phansi emhlabathini.

¹²Unjengengonyama ehahela ukubamba, njengebhongo lengonyama elilele ezindaweni ezisithekileyo.

¹³Vuka, Jehova, umhlangabeze, umwise phansi; sindisa umphefumulo wami komubi ngenkemba yakho,

¹⁴nakubantu ngesandla sakho, Jehova, abantu baleli zwe abasabelo sabo sikulokhu kuphila, nabasisu sabo usigcwalisa ngengcebo yakho, nabashiyela izingane zabo okusele kubo.

¹⁵Kepha mina ngiyakubuka ubuso bakho ekulungeni, ngisuthe ngesimo sakho ekuvukeni kwami.