Save Me, O God

¹Kumholi wokuhlabelela. Indlela: Iminduze. ElikaDavide. Ngisindise, Nkulunkulu, ngokuba amanzi afikile emphefumulweni.

²Ngishone odakeni lobishi olujulileyo, kungekho kuma; ngingene emanzini alutwa; imisinga iyangicwilisa.

³Ngikhathele ukukhala kwami, umphimbo wami ushile; amehlo ami ayafiphala ekulindeleni uNkulunkulu wami.

⁴Abangizonda ngeze baningi kunezinwele zekhanda lami; baningi abafuna ukungiqeda beyizitha zami kungekho sici; nengingakuphanganga ngakubuyisela.

⁵Nkulunkulu, wena uyabazi ubuwula bami, nezono zami azifihlakele kuwe.

⁶Mabangajabhiswa ngami abakulindeleyo, Nkosi Jehova Sebawoti; mabangahlazeki ngami abakufunayo, Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.

⁷Ngokuba ngithwele isihlamba ngenxa yakho; ihlazo lisibekela ubuso bami.

⁸Sengaba ngumfokazi kubafowethu, nowezizwe kubantwana bakamame.

⁹Ngokuba ukushisekela indlu yakho kungidlile; izithuko zabakuthukayo zingehlele.

¹⁰Ngakhala, umphefumulo wami wazila; kwaba ngukudunyazwa kwami.

¹¹Isaka ngalenza isambatho sami; ngaba yisaga kubo.

¹²Abahlezi esangweni bakhuluma ngami; izidakwa ziyangihaya.

¹³Kodwa mina, umkhuleko wami ukuwe Jehova esikhathini sokuzwelwa, Nkulunkulu; ngenxa yomusa wakho omkhulu ngiphendule eqinisweni lensindiso yakho.

¹⁴Ngikhiphe odakeni, mangingashoni; mangisindiswe kubo abangizondayo, nasemanzini alutwa.

¹⁵Isikhukhula samanzi masingangicwilisi, utwa lungangigwinyi, umgodi ungangivaleli emlonyeni wawo.

¹⁶Ngiphendule, Jehova, ngokuba umusa wakho ulungile; uphendukele kimi ngokobubele bakho obukhulu.

¹⁷Ungayifihleli inceku yakho ubuso bakho, ngokuba ngiyahlupheka; shesha ungiphendule.

¹⁸Sondela kuwo umphefumulo wami, uwuhlenge, ngikhulule ngenxa yezitha zami.

¹⁹Wena uyakwazi ukuthukwa kwami, namahloni ami nokudunyazwa kwami; zonke izitha zami ziphambi kwakho.

²⁰Ukuthukwa kuyaphulile inhliziyo yami, ngigula kakhulu; bengibheka ukuhawukelwa, kepha akwabakho, nabaduduzayo, kepha angibatholanga.

²¹Banginika inyongo ibe ngukudla kwami; ekomeni kwami bangiphuzisa uviniga.

²²Itafula labo malibe yisihibe phambi kwabo, libe lugibe kwabahlezi bezithulele.

²³Amehlo abo mawafiphale, ukuze bangaboni; izinkalo zabo zintengezele njalo.

²⁴Thela phezu kwabo ukunengwa kwakho; intukuthelo yakho evuthayo mayibafice.

²⁵Umuzi wabo mawuchitheke; makungabikho ohlala ematendeni abo.

²⁶Ngokuba oshaywe nguwe bayamzingela, baxoxa ngobuhlungu bezinkubela zakho.

²⁷Yengezela ukona ekoneni kwabo; mabangezi ekulungeni kwakho.

²⁸Mabesulwe encwadini yabaphilayo, bangalotshwa kanye nabalungileyo.

²⁹Mina kodwa ngihluphekile, ngibuhlungu; insindiso yakho, Nkulunkulu mayingilondoloze.

³⁰Ngiyakulibonga ngehubo igama likaNkulunkulu, ngimphakamise ngokubonga.

³¹Kuyakuthandeka kuJehova kunenkomo, kunenkunzi enezimpondo nezinselo.

³²Kuyakuthi abayizivi bekubona, bajabule; nina enifuna uNkulunkulu, inhliziyo yenu mayiphile.

³³Ngokuba uJehova uyabalalela abampofu, neziboshwa zakhe akazideleli.

³⁴Uyakubongwa yizulu nomhlaba, yizilwandle nakho konke okuphila kuzo.

³⁵Ngokuba uNkulunkulu uzakulisindisa iSiyoni, akhe imizi yakwaJuda; bazakuhlala khona, ibe yifa labo.

³⁶Inzalo yezinceku zakhe iyakulidla ifa; abathanda igama lakhe bayakuhlala kuyo.